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Burnley.

A market town in Lancashire, England.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈbɜː(ɹ)nli/
  1. A market town in Lancashire, England.

  2. A local government district with borough status of Lancashire, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.

  3. A community in Alnwick/Haldimand township, Ontario, Canada.

  4. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.

  5. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia.

  6. A surname.

Where this word comes from

From Brun (a river name meaning "brown") + Old English lēah (“meadow, clearing”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.