"Barnsley" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)nsli/ [UK] Audio: En-us-Barnsley.oga Forms: Barnsleys [plural]
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Beorn + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Barnsley (countable and uncountable, plural Barnsleys)
  1. A market town and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3406). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Districts of South Yorkshire, England, Places in England, Places in South Yorkshire, England, Towns in England, Towns in South Yorkshire, England
    Sense id: en-Barnsley-en-name-krizA2~U Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -leigh Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 11 15 7 20 7 17 22
  2. A number of other places:
    A village and civil parish (without a council) in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0705).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of Gloucestershire, England, Places in England, Places in Gloucestershire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Gloucestershire, England
    Sense id: en-Barnsley-en-name-5ADP23WR Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -leigh Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 11 15 7 20 7 17 22
  3. A number of other places:
    A hamlet in Worfield parish, south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7592).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Shropshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Shropshire, England
    Sense id: en-Barnsley-en-name-CJRxgN4O
  4. A number of other places:
    A township west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in New South Wales, Australia, Places in Newcastle, New South Wales
    Sense id: en-Barnsley-en-name-FCoJySMj Categories (other): Townships, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -leigh, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 18 8 31 8 9 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 11 15 7 20 7 17 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 18 8 33 8 11 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 19 9 33 9 11 4
  5. A number of other places:
    A locality in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, Manitoba, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Manitoba, Canada, Villages in Canada, Villages in Manitoba, Canada
    Sense id: en-Barnsley-en-name-8wl8Ulj2
  6. A number of other places:
    An unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Kentucky, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
    Sense id: en-Barnsley-en-name-DIn0Irfu Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -leigh Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 11 15 7 20 7 17 22
  7. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Barnsley-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English terms suffixed with -leigh Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -leigh: 11 15 7 20 7 17 22

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.