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Kirklees

Kirklees proper noun: a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, created in 1974.

Proper noun

Kirklees

  1. A metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, created in 1974.

Origin of Kirklees

Named after a medieval village and priory that no longer exist.

Questions about Kirklees

What does Kirklees mean?
Kirklees means a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, created in 1974.
What part of speech is Kirklees?
Kirklees is a proper noun.

Words near Kirklees in the dictionary

  1. kirkland
  2. kirkland warbler
  3. kirkland warblers
  4. kirklands
  5. Kirkleatham
  6. Kirklees
  7. kirkless
  8. Kirkley
  9. Kirkleys
  10. kirklike
  11. Kirklin

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