Etymology

burley

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Today it means: A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes. Full definition →

First used late 19th c.Old English burh
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burley · noun1

Unknown. Compare the personal name Burley.

Burley · proper noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromburh“burg”
  2. English todayBurley

From Old English burh (“burg”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishburh all →

boroughMiddlesbroughburrowburghbroughDewsburybirkAldeburghCanonburyAldboroughBerry Pomeroy-boro-borough-burghburhBurphamBurrough on the HillHemingbroughOnibury

First known use, by meaning

  • from late 19th c. A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes.

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