HENLEY

Proper noun

Henley

A surname.

A place name, including

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

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

A village in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1551).

A hamlet in Somerset, England.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

A township in Otago, New Zealand.

An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States, derived from the surname.

An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, derived from the surname.

Etymology

From the town of Henley in England, where the rowers wore shirts of this type.

Noun

henley (plural henleys)

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

Source: Wiktionary



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