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Bramley¹

  • /ˈbɹæmli/

Rhymes with -æmli

Where it comes from

Named after butcher Matthew Bramley, who owned the tree from which cuttings were taken in the mid-1800s.

noun Bramleys

  1. A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple. Bramleys are a good choice when making pies.

    Similar: Bramley's Seedling

Bramley²

  • /ˈbɹæmli/

Rhymes with -æmli

Where it comes from

From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).

proper noun

  1. A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4079).
  2. A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6559).
  3. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4892).
  4. A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0144).
  5. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).
  6. A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  7. A small townsite in the South West Region of Western Australia.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{bramley_2026,
  title = {Bramley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bramley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}