English Explanatory Dictionary

Oakley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Several places in England:
  2. A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0153).
  3. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6312).
  4. A village in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ0198).
  5. An eastern suburb of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9722).
  6. A village and civil parish (served by Oakley and Deane Parish Council) in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5750).
  7. A suburb of Chinnor, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP7400).
  8. A hamlet in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7036).
  9. A village in Brome and Oakley parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1678).
  10. A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0288).
  11. Several places in the United States:
  12. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Pronunciation

/ˈəʊkli/ /ˈoʊkli/

Word forms

Oakley

Etymology

From Old English Āclēa, from āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Akeley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.

Related words

Oakland Oakwood

Derived words

Brome and Oakley Great Oakley Little Oakley
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