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Oakes

Oakes proper noun: a suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).

Proper noun

Oakes (countable and uncountable, plural Oakeses)

  1. A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).
  2. A city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States.
  3. A surname.

Forms of Oakes

pluralOakeses

Origin of Oakes

From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).

Questions about Oakes

What does Oakes mean?
Oakes means a suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).
What part of speech is Oakes?
Oakes is a proper noun.

Words near Oakes in the dictionary

  1. Oakenfold
  2. Oakengates
  3. oakenshaw
  4. oakenshaws
  5. oaker
  6. Oakes
  7. Oakeses
  8. Oakeshott
  9. Oakeshottean
  10. Oakeshottian
  11. Oakeshottians

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