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eccles

/ˈɛkəlz/

eccles is the plural of eccle.

Proper noun capitalized: Eccles

Eccles

  1. A town in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
  2. A village in Aylesford parish, Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7260).
  3. A village north-east of Kelso, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7641).
  4. A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
  5. A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, originally named Ecclesiastes.
  6. A surname.

Origin of eccles

From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Doublet of ecclesia.

Words formed from eccles

Phrases with eccles

Questions about eccles

What does eccles mean?
Eccles means a town in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
What is eccles the plural of?
Eccles is the plural of eccle.
What part of speech is eccles?
Eccles is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce eccles?
Eccles is pronounced /ˈɛkəlz/.

Words near eccles in the dictionary

  1. ecchymotic
  2. ECCL
  3. Eccl.
  4. eccle
  5. Ecclefechan
  6. eccles
  7. Eccles cake
  8. Eccles cakes
  9. Eccles Road
  10. eccles.
  11. Ecclesall

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