English Explanatory Dictionary

Alkincoats

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An area of Colne in Lancashire.

Word forms

Alkincoats

Etymology

Unknown; Altenecote in 1202. Possibly a Cumbric compound from the equivalents of Welsh allt (“cliff”) (+ a diminutive suffix) + the definite article y + coed (“wood, forest”). The final syllable seems to have been influenced by Old English cot (“cottage”).

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