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Blakeney

Blakeney proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Blakeney (countable and uncountable, plural Blakeneys)

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Awre parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6707).
  3. A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0243).
  4. A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

Forms of Blakeney

pluralBlakeneys

Origin of Blakeney

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

Questions about Blakeney

What does Blakeney mean?
Blakeney means a surname.
What part of speech is Blakeney?
Blakeney is a proper noun.

Words near Blakeney in the dictionary

  1. Blakeman
  2. Blakemans
  3. Blakemere
  4. Blakemore
  5. Blakemores
  6. Blakeney
  7. Blakeneys
  8. blaker
  9. Blakers
  10. Blakes
  11. Blakeslee

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