Bexley

B3E1X8L1E1Y4
UK/ˈbɛksli/

proper noun

A suburban town in the borough of Bexley, south-east Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4973).

OriginOld English byxe →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A suburban town in the borough of Bexley, south-east Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4973).
  2. A London borough of Greater London.
  3. A former township in the former Victoria County, now City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
  4. An unincorporated community in George County, Mississippi, United States.
  5. A city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Columbus.
  6. An eastern suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  7. A rural locality north of the Waimakariri River, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  8. A suburb of Sydney in Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  9. A female given name.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbyxe“box tree”
  2. EnglishBexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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