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clearing meaning

Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Apperley (Settlement) English
Means "apple clearing". From æppel "apple" and leah "woodland, clearing"

Bromley (Settlement) English
This is the name of a district and borough in south-east London.... [more]

Ilkley (Settlement) English
Of uncertain origin. The English-born clergyman Robert Collyer (1823-1912) claimed this is derived from an old British word llecan meaning "rock". The second syllable may be derived from Old English leah "(woodland) clearing".

Kearsley (Settlement) English
Derived from the words cærse "watercress" and either hlaw "mound, small hill" or leah "woodland, clearing"

Keighley (Settlement) English
Means "Cyhha's clearing", a combination of the Old English name Cyhha and Old English leah "woodland clearing". Keighley is city in Britain.

Lindley (Settlement) English
This is the name of several places located in England, United States and South Africa.... [more]

Linley (Settlement) English
This is the name of a hamlet, located in Shropshire in England.... [more]

Oslo (Settlement) Norwegian
Meaning uncertain. Possibly a combination of Old Norse áss meaning either "ridge" or "Æsir god", and ló "meadow, clearing". Oslo is the capital city of Norway... [more]

Timperley (Settlement) English
Timperley is a suburban village in Altrincham in the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.... [more]

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