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Dudley
Dudley city (1991 pop. 186,513) and metropolitan district, W central England. Dudley's famed iron, coal, and limestone industries began declining c.1870. Other industries include engineering works, steelworks, metallurgy, glass cutting, textiles, and leatherworking. Isolated on an elevated site, Dudley was enlarged in 1966. The ruins of Dudley Castle, around which the area developed in the 13th cent., are surrounded by a park with a zoo. It has education and technical colleges. The Black Country Living Museum depicts the Industrial Revolution. |
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"Dudley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dudley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dudley.html "Dudley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dudley.html |
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Dudley ♂ Transferred use of the surname of a noble family, who came originally from Dudley in the West Midlands, named in Old English as the ‘wood or clearing of Dudda’. Their most famous member was Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (?1532–88), who came closer than any other man to marrying Queen Elizabeth I. This given name is much less common in North America than in England. One of its best-known recent bearers was the comedian and actor Dudley Moore (1935–2002).
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Dudley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Dudley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Dudley.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Dudley." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Dudley.html |
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Dudley Dudley. Dudelei 1086 (DB). ‘Woodland clearing of a man called Dud(d)a’. OE pers. name + lēah.
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A. D. MILLS. "Dudley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Dudley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Dudley.html A. D. MILLS. "Dudley." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Dudley.html |
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Dudley
•boule, coolie, coulée, duly, Friuli, goolie, Hooley, Julie, mooli, newly, puli, schoolie, stoolie, Thule, truly, unruly
•googly, Hooghly
•muesli • absolutely • torulae
•ampullae, bullae, bully, fully, Lully, pulley, Woolley, woolly
•goodly • patchouli • nebuly
•vox populi • formulae • uvulae
•dully, gulley, gully, sully
•nubbly
•crumbly, grumbly
•cuddly, Dudley
•plug-ugly, ugly
•jungly
•comely, rumly
•slovenly • cousinly • crumply
•Huxley • Uttley
•bimonthly, monthly
•lovely
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"Dudley." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dudley." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Dudley.html "Dudley." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Dudley.html |
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