Beverley

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Beverley

/ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/

Where it comes from

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

proper noun Beverleys · Beverly

countable, uncountable A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
countable, uncountable A community in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
countable, uncountable A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
countable, uncountable 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.

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Closest in meaning: bev, burton, beverly, beeford, market weighton, bedale, beccles, withernsea, wetherby, pocklington, bridlington, buckton, bingley, ellerby, bainton, otley

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Beverley. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beverley

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"Beverley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beverley.

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@misc{beverley_2026,
  title = {Beverley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beverley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}