Waverley

English

Etymology

From Old English wǣfre (restless, wavering) + lēah (meadow), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".

Proper noun

Waverley

  1. A very rare Scottish surname of unknown origin.
  2. The main railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  3. Any of several placenames in several countries:
    1. An eastern suburb and local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. A rural locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.
    3. A suburb of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
    4. A ghost town in the Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
    5. A local government district with borough status in southern Surrey, England.
    6. A community and civil parish with a community council in Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4187).

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