langley

plural langleys

1. A unit of heat transmission in the CGS system of units. It is equivalent to 41,840 J/m² in SI units. Symbol: Ly.

plural Langleys · alternative Lansley

1. One of numerous places in England:
   1. countableuncountableA large village in Slough borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref TQ0179).
   2. countableuncountableA village in Sutton parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ9471).
   3. countableuncountableA suburb in Heanor and Loscoe parish, south of Langley Mill, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4446).
   4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4434).
   5. countableuncountableA suburb of Middleton, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8507).
   6. countableuncountableA village in Fawley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4401).
   7. countableuncountableA hamlet and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2122).
   8. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8051).
   9. countableuncountableA small village in Haydon parish, southern Northumberland, also known as Langley-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NY8261).
   10. countableuncountableA hamlet in Leafield parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3015).
   11. countableuncountableA hamlet in Wiveliscombe parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0828).
   12. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1962).
   13. countableuncountableA suburb of Oldbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9988).
   14. countableuncountableA hamlet in Rogate parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8029).
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pike County, Arkansas.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Ellsworth County, Kansas.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky.
   5. countableuncountableA town in Mayes County, Oklahoma.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
   7. countablemetonymicallyuncountableThe Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters is located in Langley, Virginia.

      Others suggested—either seriously or in jest—that Freddy was a CIA operative: “Back to Langley I’m afraid.” Last night, he deactivated his X account.

      2026 July 1, Will Oremus, “So Long to America’s Favorite Everymensch”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026

   8. countableuncountableA city on Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington.
3. countableuncountableA district municipality and city therein, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
4. countableuncountableA commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
5. countableuncountableA locality in Mount Alexander Shire, central Victoria, Australia.
6. countableuncountableA lunar crater located close to the northwestern limb of the Moon.
7. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

   Reece Hepplewhite, 25, drove at the victim and his dogs on the instruction of his friend Daniel Langley, 30, in South Shields in January, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

   2026 September 3, Duncan Leatherdale, “Men killed homeless man's dog in 'childish dispute'”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026

8. countableuncountableA unisex given name.

   The legacy of America's greatest literary superhero has been handed down at great cost — suicides, depression, alcoholism. But Mariel Hemingway and her daughter Langley are determined to create some new family traditions.

   2013 January 25, Nell Casey, “Surviving Hemingway”, in Town and Country