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Macclesfield

/ˈmækəlzˌfiːld/

Macclesfield proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.

Proper noun

Macclesfield

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.
  2. A former borough in Cheshire, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into Cheshire East.
  3. A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
  4. A surname

Origin of Macclesfield

From the Old English name *Maccel, hence meaning field of Maccel. The Domesday Book records the name of Maclesfeld.

Words formed from Macclesfield

Questions about Macclesfield

What does Macclesfield mean?
Macclesfield means a market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.
What part of speech is Macclesfield?
Macclesfield is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Macclesfield?
Macclesfield is pronounced /ˈmækəlzˌfiːld/.

Words near Macclesfield in the dictionary

  1. Maccie D's
  2. Maccies
  3. MacClean
  4. Macclenny
  5. Maccles Lake
  6. Macclesfield
  7. Macclesfield Bank
  8. MacCloskey
  9. MacCloskeys
  10. MacCloud
  11. macco

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