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Morley.

Any of various places in England:

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  1. Any of various places in England: A hamlet in Wilmslow parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8282).

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  2. Any of various places in England: A village and civil parish in Erewash district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3943).

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  3. Any of various places in England: A small village in Evenwood and Barony parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1227).

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  4. Any of various places in England: A civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk.

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  5. Any of various places in England: A market town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD2628).

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  6. A commune in Meuse department, Grand Est, France.

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  7. A number of places in the United States: A former town in Las Animas County, Colorado.

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  8. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Jones County, Iowa.

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  9. A number of places in the United States: A village in Aetna Township and Deerfield Township, Mecosta County, Michigan.

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  10. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Scott County, Missouri.

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  11. A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in the town of Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York.

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  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and coal town in Campbell County, Tennessee.

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  13. A township in the Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada.

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  14. A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia.

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  15. A habitational surname from Old English.

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  16. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English mor (“moor”) + leah (“wood”). Equivalent to moor + -ley (“lea”).

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