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Woodley.

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).

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  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7673).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ938922).

    countable · uncountable
  3. An eastern suburb of Romsey, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3722).

    countable · uncountable
  4. A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Benson, Saskatchewan, Canada.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.

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  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English wudu (“wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wood + -ley (“lea”).

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