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henley

name · noun · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 N L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A town in Oxfordshire; see Henley-on-Thames.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 2

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A town in Warwickshire; see Henley-in-Arden.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A hamlet in Buckland Newton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST6904).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 4

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

An outer eastern suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9016).

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 5

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A hamlet in Acton Scott parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4588).

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 6

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5476).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 7

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A hamlet in High Ham parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4332)

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 8

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4407).

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 9

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1551).

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 10

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A small settlement in Easebourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8925).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 11

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A hamlet in Box parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8267)

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 12

A place name, including:

A number of places in England:

A hamlet mostly in Buttermere parish, Wiltshire. (OS grid ref SU3259).

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 13

A place name, including:

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri, derived from the surname.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 14

A place name, including:

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, derived from the surname.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 15

A place name, including:

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, also from the surname.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 16

A place name, including:

A suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 17

A place name, including:

A settlement in Otago, New Zealand, on the Taieri River.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 18

A habitational surname from Old English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 19

A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.

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noun

Meaning 20

Alternative letter-case form of henley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles

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History

Etymology

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.

From the town of Henley(-on-Thames) in England, where the rowers wore shirts of this type.

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