English Explanatory Dictionary

Akeley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7037).
  3. A city in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Akeley Akeleys

Etymology

From Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Oakley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.

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