Bingley

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proper noun

A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE108389).

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Meanings

proper nounBingley (countable and uncountable, plural Bingleys)

plural Bingleys

  1. countableuncountableA market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE108389).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

    Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance […]

    1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

Origin

From the Old English personal name Bynna + -ing (“belonging to”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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