Etymology

Copley

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Today it means: A village west of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0825). Full definition →

Old English copp
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcopp“hilltop”
  2. English todayCopley

From Old English copp (“hilltop”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcopp all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.