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Bentley

name
/ˈbɛntliː/

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.

  1. inherited from Beonetlēah

Definitions

  1. An English habitational surname from Old English.

  2. A place name, including

    A place name, including:

  3. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA