Beverley
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname and given name): Beverly
Etymology
From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)
- A place name:
- A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [1]
- A community in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
- A town and local government area (the Shire of Beverley) in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
- (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.