English Explanatory Dictionary

Beckley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8523).
  3. A hamlet in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2296).
  4. A village in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5611)
  5. A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Named after John J. Beckley.

Word forms

Beckley Beckleys Beckly

Etymology

"Becca's wood or clearing", from Old English personal name Becca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

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