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blakeney

/blˈeɪkni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
blak-eney
IPA
/blˈeɪkni/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Awre parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6707).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0243).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Blakeneys (plural)

Questions

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

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