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beckley

/bˈɛkli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
beck-ley
IPA
/bˈɛkli/
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8523).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2296).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5611)

Countable; Uncountable

name

A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city, the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Named after John J. Beckley.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

"Becca's wood or clearing", from Old English personal name Becca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Beckleys (plural) Beckly (alternative)

Rhymes With

eckley cleckley meckley

Questions

How do you pronounce beckley?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɛkli/.
What does beckley mean?
A surname.
Where does beckley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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