Beverley

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/ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/

proper noun

A market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

OriginOld English befer →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

proper nounBeverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)

plural Beverleys · alternative Beverly

  1. A place name:
    1. countableuncountableA market town and civil parish with a town council and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
    2. countableuncountableA community in the Rural Municipality of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    3. countableuncountableA suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt, South Australia.
    4. countableuncountableA town and local government area (the Shire of Beverley) in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.
  3. countableA unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbefer“beaver”
  2. EnglishBeverley

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Beverley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beverley

MLA

“Beverley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beverley. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Beverley,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beverley.

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