Waverley
English
Etymology
From Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”) + lēah (“meadow”), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".
Proper noun
Waverley
- A very rare Scottish surname of unknown origin.
- The main railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Any of several placenames in several countries:
- An eastern suburb and local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.
- A suburb of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
- A ghost town in the Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
- A local government district with borough status in southern Surrey, England.
- A community and civil parish with a community council in Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4187).
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