English Explanatory Dictionary

Blakeney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Awre parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6707).
  3. A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0243).
  4. A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

Word forms

Blakeney Blakeneys

Etymology

From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).

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