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Bramley

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈbɹæmli/
  • CMU ARPABET: B R AE1 M L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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Meaning 1

Any of several places in England:

A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4079).

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Meaning 2

Any of several places in England:

A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6559).

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Meaning 3

Any of several places in England:

A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4892).

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Meaning 4

Any of several places in England:

A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0144).

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Meaning 5

Any of several places in England:

A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).

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Meaning 6

A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Meaning 7

A small townsite in the South West Region of Western Australia.

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Meaning 8

A habitational surname from Old English.

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noun

Meaning 9

A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple.

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Examples

  • Bramleys are a good choice when making pies.

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History

Etymology

From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).

Named after butcher Matthew Bramley, who owned the tree from which cuttings were taken in the mid-1800s.

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