Langley
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Langley has several meanings:
It is the last name of Samuel Pierpont Langley, a scientist and early experimenter in manned flight. It is a measuring unit named after him.
It can refer to the recording known as The Langley Schools Music Project.
It can refer to Langley Grammar School in Berkshire, England.
It refers to the Langley Mill Pottery in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England
It can also refer to Asuka Langley from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
A surname often a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English lang ‘long’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’; or a topographic name with the same meaning
It is the name of several places:
Canada
- Township of Langley, a district municipality in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia
- Langley City, the urban core of the Township of Langley (separately incorporated)
- Langley is a Canadian federal electoral district in British Columbia, which encompasses the above city and district municipality of Langley, British Columbia, as well as numerous Indian reserves named Langley No. 1, Langley No. 2, Langley No. 3 and so on.
- Langley is a provincial electoral district centred on Langley, British Columbia.
France
- Langley, Vosges, a commune in the Vosges département
United Kingdom
- Langley, Cheshire
- Langley, Essex
- Langley, Hampshire
- Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
- Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
- Langley, Kent
- Langley, Northumberland
- Langley, Slough in Berkshire. Also known as Langley Marish and formerly in Buckinghamshire.
- Langley, Warwickshire
- Langley, West Sussex
- There are also Langley Common, Langley Mill, Derbyshire; Langley Heath, Kent; Langley Lower Green and Langley Upper Green, Essex; Langley Park, Durham; Langley Street, Norfolk; Langley Burrell, Wiltshire.
United States of America
- Langley, Oklahoma
- Langley, South Carolina
- Langley, Virginia, most famous as home to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Langley, Washington
There is also Langley Park, Maryland, NASA Langley Research Center, and Langley Air Force Base.
Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Langley, after the American scientific pioneer Samuel Langley.
- The first Langley (CV-1) was the first aircraft carrier of the Navy, converted from the collier Jupiter in 1922, and sunk in February 1942 by the Japanese.
- The second Langley (CVL-27) was a light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943, active in World War II, and transferred to France in 1951.