Crawley

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Crawley

/ˈkɹɔːli/

Sounds like crawly · Rhymes with -ɔːli

Where it comes from

From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

proper noun

A large town and borough in West Sussex.
A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2607).
A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4234).
A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3412).
An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States, named after Crawley, West Sussex.
A western suburb of the City of Perth, Western Australia, taken from the surname.
A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crowley, three bridges, langley green, gatwick, worthing, worth, broadfield, fernhill, husborne crawley, croydon, crowthorne, crowborough, crowhurst, boxgrove, arundel, crayford

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name town in West Sussex

한국어	크롤리 Keurolli
日本語	クローリー Kurōrī
Deutsch	Crawley
العربية	كرولي krūlī

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"Crawley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crawley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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

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@misc{crawley_2026,
  title = {Crawley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crawley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}