"Cleveley" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Cleveleys [plural]
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Enstone, Oxfordshire, from Old English clif (“cliff; river-bank”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to cliff + -ley (“lea”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|clif||cliff; river-bank}} Old English clif (“cliff; river-bank”), {{suf|en|cliff|-leigh|alt2=-ley|t2=lea}} cliff + -ley (“lea”) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Cleveley (plural Cleveleys)
  1. A surname from Old English. Synonyms: Cleverly

Inflected forms

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