Keele

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8045).

Pronunciation

/kil/

Word forms

Keele

Etymology

From Old English cȳ, plural of cū (“cow”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”); "the hill where cows graze".

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