English Explanatory Dictionary

Ackley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.
  3. A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.

Word forms

Ackley Ackleys

Etymology

English habitational surname, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.

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