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Rowley
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English
Etymology
From Old English components ruh (rough, overgrown) + leah (wood, clearing)
Pronunciation
en variously /ˈɹaʊli/ /ˈɹəʊli/ /ˈɹæʊli/
en aʊli əʊli 2
Proper noun
en habitational Old English from the English place name.
en 25 September 2026 Sonja Jessup How 'largest phone smuggling network' was uncovered https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjepekz5dvko BBC News In June, the Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he had written to the Home Secretary asking for legislation to make phone companies publish data on stolen devices and whether they are reconnected, and to enforce measures to make stolen devices "unusable bricks". 25 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260925180645/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjepekz5dvko
en male.
en 2007 Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book) Diary of a Wimpy Kid https://archive.org/details/85344diaryofawimpykidbook1/page/n47/mode/1up?q=Rowley 17 Abrams Books 978-0-14-330383-1 Rowley is technically my best friend, but that is definitely subject to change.
en hamlet co/Starland County p/Alberta c/Canada.
en hamlet par/Healeyfield co/County Durham cc/England OS grid ref NZ0847. OS: County Durham
en small village/and/cpar in the co/East Riding of Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE9732. Parish map (East Yorkshire)
en hamlet par/Worthen with Shelve co/Shropshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ3006. OS: Shropshire
en tiny city co/Buchanan County s/Iowa.
en town/and/CDP co/Essex County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Rowley, Massachusetts
en unincorporated community co/Tooele County s/Utah.
Derived terms
en Rowleian
en Rowleyan
en Rowley Regis
References
Anagrams
en elorwy Lowery Lowrey Worley lowery owlery yowler