Crawley

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/ˈkɹɔːli/

proper noun

A large town and borough in West Sussex.

OriginOld English crāwe →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A place in England:
    1. A large town and borough in West Sussex.
    2. A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2607).
    3. A village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4234).
    4. A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3412).
  2. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States, named after Crawley, West Sussex.
  3. A western suburb of the City of Perth, Western Australia, taken from the surname.
  4. A surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishcrāwe“crow”
  2. EnglishCrawley

From Old English crāwe (“crow”), genitive plural, crāwan + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

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Translations

Arabic كرولي
  • كرولي (krūlī)town in West Sussex
German Crawley
  • Crawleytown in West Sussex
Japanese クローリー
  • クローリー (Kurōrī)town in West Sussex
Korean 크롤리
  • 크롤리 (Keurolli)town in West Sussex
Latvian Kroli
  • Krolitown in West Sussex
Ukrainian Кроулі
  • Кроулі (Krouli)town in West Sussex

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Crawley

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Cite this entry
APA

Crawley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Crawley

MLA

“Crawley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Crawley. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Crawley,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Crawley.

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