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dinckley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dinck-ley
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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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Word Breakdown

Questions

What does dinckley mean?
A civil parish of Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England.
Where does dinckley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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