Waverley

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Waverley

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From Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”) + lēah (“meadow”), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".

proper noun

A very rare Scottish surname of unknown origin.
The main railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT258738). Waverley has plenty of eateries scattered around its 21 platforms, giving opportunities to stock up during our 20-minute connection period.
An eastern suburb and local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
A rural locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.
A suburb of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
A ghost town in the Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
A town in south Taranaki, New Zealand.
A local government district with borough status in southern Surrey, England, to be merged into West Surrey unitary authority in April 2027; see West Surrey.
A community and civil parish with a community council in Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4187).

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@misc{waverley_2026,
  title = {Waverley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waverley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}