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keighley

/ˈkiːθli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
keigh-ley
IPA
/ˈkiːθli/
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name *Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Chichelai, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

Keighleys (plural) Keathley (alternative) Keatley (alternative) Keithley (alternative) Keithly (alternative) Kightley (alternative) Kightly (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce keighley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkiːθli/.
What does keighley mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).
Where does keighley come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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