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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old English brād (broad) + lēah (woodland). Equivalent to broad +‎ -ley.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹædli/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ædli

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Bradley (countable and uncountable, plural Bradleys)

  1. A placename:
    1. A locale in the United Kingdom:
      1. A locale in England:
        1. A former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.
        2. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2245). [1]
        3. A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7493).
        4. A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6341). [2]
        5. A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA2406). [3]
        6. Two villages, High Bradley and Low Bradley, in Bradleys Both parish, North Yorkshire.
        7. A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8818). [4]
        8. A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595).
        9. A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620).
      2. A village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3253).
    2. A locale in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Alabama.
      2. A minor city in Lafayette County, Arkansas.
      3. A census-designated place in Monterey County, California; named for landowner Bradley V. Sargent.
      4. An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia; named for railroad official John Wiley Bradley Jr..
      5. A township in Jackson County, Illinois.
      6. A village in Kankakee County, Illinois; named for plowman David Bradley.
      7. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
      8. A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine; named for early settler Bradley Blackman.
      9. An unincorporated community in Wayland Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
      10. An unincorporated community in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
      11. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
      12. A small town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
      13. A census-designated place in Greenwood County, South Carolina.
      14. A small town in Clark County, South Dakota; named for townsperson E. R. Bradley.
      15. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
      16. A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, named after Omar Bradley.
      17. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
  2. An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these villages in England.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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