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Bramley
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɹæmli/
en æmli 2
Etymology 1
Named after butcher Matthew Bramley, who owned the tree from which cuttings were taken in the mid-1800s.
Noun
+ apple
A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple.
en Bramleys are a good choice when making pies.
Usage notes
Used attributively in the phrase "Bramley apple"
Synonyms
en Bramley's Seedling
Etymology 2
From en ang brom broom + ang leah wood clearing, meadow, like en Bromley. Equivalent to en broom -leigh -ley en lea.
Proper noun
Any of several places in England:
en village par/Eckington dist/North East Derbyshire co/Derbyshire OS grid ref SK4079.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Basingstoke and Deane co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU6559. Parish map (Hampshire)
en village/and/cpar in the metbor/Rotherham co/South Yorkshire OS grid ref SK4892. Parish map (South Yorkshire)
en village/and/cpar in bor/Waverley co/Surrey OS grid ref TQ0144. Parish map (Surrey)
en suburb in the metbor/Leeds co/West Yorkshire OS grid ref SE2434.
en suburb city/Johannesburg c/South Africa.
en small townsite in the South West Region of s/Western Australia.
en habitational Old English.
References
en eponyms
en Apple cultivars