Bentley

proper nounnounattested in dialogue

//ˈbɛntliː//

An English habitational surname from Old English.

proper noun

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An English habitational surname from Old English.
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A place name, including: A locality in the Kyogle council area, Lismore council area and the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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A place name, including: A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
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A place name, including: A town in Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada.
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A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Rowley parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA0135).
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A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet north-west of Brentwood, Brentwood borough, Essex (OS grid ref TQ5696).
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A place name, including: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7844).
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A place name, including: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1136).
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A place name, including: A number of places in England: An outer suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5605).
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A place name, including: A number of places in England: A hamlet and civil parish (served by Bentley and Merevale Parish Council) in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2895).
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A place name, including: A number of places in England: A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9899).
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A place name, including: A number of places in England: Lower Bentley and Upper Bentley in Bentley Pauncefoot parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire.
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A place name, including: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Hancock County, Illinois.
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A place name, including: A number of places in the United States: A small city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
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A place name, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bay County, Michigan.
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A place name, including: A number of places in the United States: A township in Gladwin County, Michigan.
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A place name, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hettinger County, North Dakota.

Etymology

From Old English Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word lēah or lēag meaning field in Old English. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) + -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.

noun

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A motor car manufactured by this company.
The car she reclined in was a 1960s Bentley.
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.
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.

Etymology

Named after the founder of Bentley Motors, WO Bentley.

Forms

plural: Bentleys

Benson · An English habitational surname from Old English from a place…bent · Folded or dented out of its usual shape.Bent · A surname

Bentley · An English habitational surname from Old English.

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