English Explanatory Dictionary

Olney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A market town and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8851).
  3. A locality in the Cessnock council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. An unincorporated community in Pickens County, Alabama.
  6. A city, the county seat of Richland County, Illinois.
  7. A township in Richland County, Illinois.
  8. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland.
  9. A township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
  10. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
  11. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.
  12. An unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.

Word forms

Olney Olneys

Etymology

From the dative form of the Old English personal name *Olla + īeġ (“island”).

Derived words

Olney's bulrush Olney's lesions Olney's three-square bulrush
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