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Keighley

/ˈkiːθli/

Keighley proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).

Proper noun

Keighley (countable and uncountable, plural Keighleys)

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Keighley

pluralKeighleys
alternative formKeathley
alternative formKeatley
alternative formKeithley
alternative formKeithly
alternative formKightley
alternative formKightly

Origin of Keighley

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name *Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Questions about Keighley

What does Keighley mean?
Keighley means a town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).
What part of speech is Keighley?
Keighley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Keighley?
Keighley is pronounced /ˈkiːθli/.

Words near Keighley in the dictionary

  1. Keifer
  2. Keifers
  3. Keiffer
  4. Keiffers
  5. Keig
  6. Keighley
  7. Keighleys
  8. keight
  9. Keightley
  10. Keigo
  11. Keiji

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