"Whittlesey" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Whittleseys [plural]
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|ang|Wittel}} Wittel, {{m|en|-s-}} -s-, {{m|ang|īeġ||island}} īeġ (“island”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Whittlesey (countable and uncountable, plural Whittleseys)
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2797). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in Cambridgeshire, England, Places in England, Towns in Cambridgeshire, England, Towns in England Synonyms (town): Whittlesea (english: an older spelling which is still used by the local railway station)
    Sense id: en-Whittlesey-en-name-t4U5a3LL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'town': 100 0
  2. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Whittlesey-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whitsey [surname] Related terms: Whittlesea

Inflected forms

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