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Bradley
- /ˈbɹædli/ US
Rhymes with -ædli
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.
proper noun Bradleys · Bradly · Bradeley · Bradlee · Bradleigh
- A former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.
- A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2245).
- A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7493).
- A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6341).
- A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA2406).
- Two villages, High Bradley and Low Bradley, in Bradleys Both parish, North Yorkshire.
- A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8818).
- A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595).
- A northern suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620).
- A village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3253).
- An unincorporated community in Alabama (unconfirmed).
- A minor city in Lafayette County, Arkansas.
- A census-designated place in Monterey County, California; named for landowner Bradley V. Sargent.
- An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia; named for railroad official John Wiley Bradley Jr..
- A township in Jackson County, Illinois.
- A village in Kankakee County, Illinois; named for plowman David Bradley.
- A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine; named for early settler Bradley Blackman.
- An unincorporated community in Wayland Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- A small town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Greenwood County, South Carolina.
- A small town in Clark County, South Dakota; named for townsperson E. R. Bradley.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
- A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, named after Omar Bradley.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
- An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these villages in England.
- A male given name transferred from the surname. Then there are the characters Rudd describes as “the full-on buffoons”, such as reporter Brian Fantana in Anchorman, who gives names to his testicles and – still my favourite Rudd performance – Andy the obnoxious summer camp counsellor in cult 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, which is being revi
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: omar, tank, float, char, brad, sylvester, urey, bernardo, losco, meadow, field, prairie, plain, grassland, pasture, lea
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