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Bentley
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English
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Alternative forms
en Bently
Pronunciation
bĕnt'lē, en /ˈbɛntliː/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bentley.wav Southern England
Etymology 1
From en ang Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word ang lēah or ang lēag meaning field in en ang -. Hence, equivalent to en bent bent-grass -leigh/en lea meadow, field; compare en Bentham.
Proper noun
en English habitational Old English.
A place name, including:
en locality in the carea/Kyogle carea/Lismore and the carea/Richmond Valley north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en suburb city/Perth s/Western Australia.
en town co/Lacombe County p/Alberta c/Canada.
en number of places cc/England:
en hamlet par/Rowley co/East Riding of Yorkshire OS grid ref TA0135.
en hamlet north-west of x/Brentwood bor/Brentwood co/Essex OS grid ref TQ5696. Ward map (Brentwood)
en village/and/cpar in dist/East Hampshire co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU7844. Parish map (Hampshire)
en village/and/cpar in dist/Babergh co/Suffolk OS grid ref TM1136. Parish map (Suffolk)
en outer suburb town/Doncaster co/South Yorkshire OS grid ref SE5605.
en hamlet/and/cpar (served by Bentley and Merevale Parish Council) in dist/North Warwickshire co/Warwickshire OS grid ref SP2895.Parish map (Warwickshire)
en suburban area in the metbor/Walsall co/West Midlands OS grid ref SO9899.
en Lower Bentley and en Upper Bentley in en Bentley Pauncefoot parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire.
en number of places c/USA:
en small town co/Hancock County s/Illinois.
en small city co/Sedgwick County s/Kansas.
en unincorporated community co/Bay County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Gladwin County s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community co/Hettinger County s/North Dakota.
Derived terms
en Bentleyan Bentley Heath Bentley Pauncefoot Great Bentley Little Bentley Lower Bentley Upper Bentley
Etymology 2
thumb|A Bentley Continental GT V8 S
Named after the founder of Bentley Motors, WO Bentley.
Noun
A motor car manufactured by this company.
en 2014 w:Ian McEwan The Children Act Penguin Random House (2018) 148 The car she reclined in was a 1960s Bentley.
en John McIlroy Bentley marks 100th birthday with futuristic new concept car w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bentley-exp-100-gt-anniversary-concept/index.html 2019-07-10 The EXP 100 GT is a two-door, four-seat behemoth measuring 19 feet (5.8 meters) in length. It’s designed to show what a Bentley GT might look like in the year 2035, complete with a pure-electric powertrain and self-driving capabilities. https://web.archive.org/web/20230419205647/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bentley-exp-100-gt-anniversary-concept/index.html 19 April 2023 4 February 2025
en Peter Valdes-Dapena Sales of Bentleys and Lamborghinis are booming because rich people are bored w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/success/luxury-car-sales-pandemic-2020/index.html 2021-04-01 While auto sales as a whole have suffered from factory shutdowns and other disruptions due to the pandemic, sales of super-expensive cars, like Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis, finished 2020 at a blistering pace. https://web.archive.org/web/20240924151757/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/success/luxury-car-sales-pandemic-2020/index.html
Translations
British car
Arabic: ar بِنْتْلِي m, ar بِنْتْلِي m bentlī
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 賓利 Bīnlì
Japanese: ja ベントレー Bentorē
Korean: ko ^벤틀리
Marathi: mr बेन्ट्ली f
Persian: fa بنتلی bentli
Russian: ru Бе́нтли f Bɛ́ntli
See also
en Bentleigh Bently
References
Anagrams
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