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ridley¹

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Unknown origin.

noun ridleys

  1. Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Ridley²

  • /ˈɹɪdli/

Rhymes with -ɪdli

Where it comes from

Place names in England, Old English hrēad (“reeds”) or rydde (“cleared land”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Thus, equivalent to reed or rid + -ley (“lea”).

proper noun

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
  4. A small settlement in Bulkeley and Ridley parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5554).
  5. A hamlet in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6163).
  6. A hamlet in Bardon Mill parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7963).
  7. A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: turtle, turtles, boo, francine, booh, olive ridley, sea turtle, lute turtle, chelonioid, river turtle, pelomedusoid, loggerhead turtle, green turtle, sea-turtle, seaturtle, turtlehead

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@misc{ridley_2026,
  title = {ridley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ridley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}