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oakleigh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
oak-leigh
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb in south-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

name

A small settlement south of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

Etymology

Variant of Oakley, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -leigh "lea".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Oakleigh East Oakleigh South Oakleigh Park

Frequently Paired Words

Oakleigh East Oakleigh South Oakleigh Park

Questions

What does oakleigh mean?
A suburb in south-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Where does oakleigh come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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