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From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌdli/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌdli

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Dudley

  1. A town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
  4. Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township.
  5. A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.

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