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Dursley.

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7598).

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7598).

  2. A hamlet in Heywood parish, near Westbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8654).

Where this word comes from

From Old English Deorsigeslēah, from the personal name Deorsiġe (“dear victory”) in the genitive case Deorsiġes + lēah (“wood, 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.