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Stockdale

Stockdale proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Stockdale (countable and uncountable, plural Stockdales)

  1. (countable) A surname from Old English.
  2. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Wabash County, Indiana, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Missouri, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Pike County, Ohio, United States.
  6. A borough of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  7. A city in Wilson County, Texas, United States.
  8. A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Forms of Stockdale

pluralStockdales
alternative formStockdill
alternative formStogdale
alternative formStogdill
alternative formStogsdill

Origin of Stockdale

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).

Questions about Stockdale

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

Words near Stockdale in the dictionary

  1. stockbroking
  2. Stockbury
  3. stockcar
  4. stockcars
  5. Stockcross
  6. Stockdale
  7. Stockdales
  8. Stockdalewath
  9. stockdollager
  10. stockdollagers
  11. stockdove

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