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Shockley

Shockley proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Shockley (plural Shockleys)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Shockley

pluralShockleys

Origin of Shockley

Probably a habitational surname from the village of Shocklach, in Cheshire, from Old English sċucca (“goblin, evil spirit, demon”) + læcc (“boggy stream”).

Words formed from Shockley

Questions about Shockley

What does Shockley mean?
Shockley means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Shockley?
Shockley is a proper noun.

Words near Shockley in the dictionary

  1. shockingness
  2. shockings
  3. Shocklach Oviatt and District
  4. shockless
  5. shocklessness
  6. Shockley
  7. Shockley-Queisser limit
  8. Shockleys
  9. shocklike
  10. shockpeakon
  11. shockpeakons

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