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Bromley

  • /ˈbɹɒmli/ UK
  • /ˈbɹɑmli/ US

Where it comes from

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Brimley; compare Broom.

proper noun Bromleys · Bramley

  1. countable, uncountable A town in the borough of Bromley, in south-eastern Greater London, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4069).
  2. countable, uncountable A London borough of Greater London.
  3. countable, uncountable A district in the borough of Tower Hamlets, East London, Greater London, also called Bromley by Bow (OS grid ref TQ3782).
  4. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Standon parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL4121).
  5. countable, uncountable A locality in Hordley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4026).
  6. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Worfield parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO7395).
  7. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Wortley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3298).
  8. countable, uncountable A suburb of Kingswinford, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9088).
  9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
  10. countable, uncountable A minor city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.
  11. countable, uncountable A village in Mashonaland East province, Zimbabwe.
  12. countable, uncountable An eastern suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  13. countable, uncountable A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia
  14. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rink, mantle, davenport, broomhill, broome, brompton, buckland, bagley, bradford, newbridge, kenton, ashford, brampton, lane end, holwell, broom

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"Bromley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bromley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{bromley_2026,
  title = {Bromley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bromley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}