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Langley¹

  • /ˈlæŋli/

Where it comes from

From Old English lang (“long”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to long + -ley (“lea”).

proper noun Langleys · Lansley

  1. countable, uncountable A large village in Slough borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0179).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Sutton parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9471).
  3. countable, uncountable A suburb in Heanor and Loscoe parish, south of Langley Mill, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4446).
  4. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4434).
  5. countable, uncountable A suburb of Middleton, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8507).
  6. countable, uncountable A village in Fawley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4401).
  7. countable, uncountable A hamlet and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2122).
  8. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8051).
  9. countable, uncountable A small village in Haydon parish, southern Northumberland, also known as Langley-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NY8261).
  10. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Leafield parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3015).
  11. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Wiveliscombe parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0828).
  12. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1962).
  13. countable, uncountable A suburb of Oldbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9988).
  14. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Rogate parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8029).
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pike County, Arkansas.
  16. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
  17. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Ellsworth County, Kansas.
  18. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky.
  19. countable, uncountable A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma.
  20. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
  21. countable, metonymically, uncountable The Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters is located in Langley, Virginia. Others suggested—either seriously or in jest—that Freddy was a CIA operative: “Back to Langley I’m afraid.” Last night, he deactivated his X account.
  22. countable, uncountable A city on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington.
  23. countable, uncountable A district municipality and city therein, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
  24. countable, uncountable A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
  25. countable, uncountable A locality in Mount Alexander Shire, central Victoria, Australia.
  26. countable, uncountable A lunar crater located close to the northwestern limb of the Moon.
  27. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English. Reece Hepplewhite, 25, drove at the victim and his dogs on the instruction of his friend Daniel Langley, 30, in South Shields in January, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
  28. countable, uncountable A unisex given name. The legacy of America's greatest literary superhero has been handed down at great cost — suicides, depression, alcoholism. But Mariel Hemingway and her daughter Langley are determined to create some new family traditions.

langley²

Where it comes from

Named in 1947 after Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906).

noun langleys

  1. A unit of heat transmission in the CGS system of units. It is equivalent to 41,840 J/m² in SI units. Symbol: Ly.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cia, cla, porter, west, crocker, evans, clandestine service, the company, spooks, the farm, langham, bagley, wingfield, holwell, little london, hinton

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@misc{langley_2026,
  title = {langley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/langley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}