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Dudley
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dudley
English
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thumb|Dudley, Pennsylvania
Alternative forms
en Dowdall surname
Etymology
From en ang -, literally "wood or clearing of ang Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".
Pronunciation
en /ˈdʌdli/
en En-uk-Dudley.ogg UK
en ʌdli 2
Proper noun
en habitational Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
en male surnames 19th century and later.
en place cc/England:
en market town/and/metbor in the co/West Midlands OS grid ref SO9490. Borough map (West Midlands)
en village metbor/North Tyneside co/Tyne and Wear OS grid ref NZ2673. Ward map (North Tyneside)
en place c/Canada:
en comm twp:suf/Muskoka Lakes distmun/Muskoka p/Ontario.
en former township mun:pref/Dysart et al co/Haliburton County p/Ontario.
en number of places c/USA:
en minor city co/Laurens County s/Georgia.
en ghost town co/Wapello County s/Iowa.
en ghost town co/Polk County s/Iowa.
en town co/Worcester County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Dudley, Massachusetts
en ucomm twp:Suf/Clifton co/Lyon County s/Minnesota.
en minor city co/Stoddard County s/Missouri.
en CDP co/Wayne County s/North Carolina.
en ucomm co/Noble County s/Ohio.
en small bor in co/Huntingdon County s/Pennsylvania.
en CDP co/Fall River County s/South Dakota.
en ucomm town:pref/Russell co/Lincoln County s/Wisconsin.
en Four <<townships>> in the United States, in <<s/Indiana>>, <<s/Kansas>>, <<s/Minnesota>> and <<s/Ohio>>, listed under Dudley Township.
en suburb of city/Newcastle in the carea/Lake Macquarie s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Dudley nose Dudley Port South Dudley
Descendants
Translingual: Dudleya genus
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Dudley is the 972nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 35,781 individuals. Dudley is most common among White (65.96%) individuals.
Noun
en mining A miner's container for water for drinking.
en 1983 Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Official Report of the Standing Committees: Session 77 miner dreamt of the day when he could throw away his Dudley and his pit boots.
References
Anagrams
en ddeluy dudely