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Barley.

A village in Hertfordshire, England.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A village in Hertfordshire, England.

    countable · uncountable

  2. A village in Lancashire, England.

    countable · uncountable

  3. A surname.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.

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