English Explanatory Dictionary

Dinckley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A civil parish of Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England.

Word forms

Dinckley

Etymology

Dinkidele (1246). Probably at least partially from Cumbric, from Proto-Brythonic *din (“fort”) + *koɨd (“forest”), with Old English leah (“clearing”) added later. Or else, the second element may be equivalent to Welsh celli (“grove”).

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