Radley

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proper noun

A village and civil parish on the Thames in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5299).

OriginOld English rēad →
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Meanings

proper nounRadley (countable and uncountable, plural Radleys)

plural Radleys

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish on the Thames in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5299).
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Grant County, Indiana, United States.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishrēad“red”
  2. EnglishRadley

From Old English rēad (“red”) + lēah (“wood, woodland clearing”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Radley

BradleybadlysadlygladlyHadleymadlyTadleybadleyAdleyPadleyStradleyShadley
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Anagrams

dearlyDarleyArdleyaldery
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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