# Dursley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #91,455

## Definitions
1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7598).
2. A hamlet in Heywood parish, near Westbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8654).

## Etymology
From Old English Deorsigeslēah, from the personal name Deorsiġe (“dear victory”) in the genitive case Deorsiġes + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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