"Eccles" meaning in English

See Eccles in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɛkəlz/
Etymology: From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelh₁-}}, {{dercat|en|VL.|la|grc}}, {{inh|en|enm|Eccles}} Middle English Eccles, {{inh|en|ang|*Eccles}} Old English *Eccles, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro||*eglēs|t=church}} Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), {{cog|cel-bry-pro|*egluɨs}} Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs, {{m|en|Eccleston}} Eccleston, {{m|en|-ton}} -ton, {{m|en|Eccleshill}} Eccleshill, {{m|en|hill}} hill Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Eccles
  1. A town in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Greater Manchester, England, Towns in England, Towns in Greater Manchester, England
    Sense id: en-Eccles-en-name-T2qBUj~g
  2. A village in Aylesford parish, Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7260). Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Kent, England, Villages in England, Villages in Kent, England
    Sense id: en-Eccles-en-name-Y5Lhpceg
  3. A village north-east of Kelso, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7641). Categories (place): Places in Scotland, Places in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, Villages in Scotland, Villages in the Scottish Borders, Scotland
    Sense id: en-Eccles-en-name-iBmD5pls
  4. A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. Categories (place): Places in France, Places in Hauts-de-France
    Sense id: en-Eccles-en-name-LArRfjAO Categories (other): Communes of France
  5. A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, originally named Ecclesiastes. Categories (place): Census-designated places in West Virginia, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in West Virginia, USA, Places in the United States Derived forms: Eccles cake
    Sense id: en-Eccles-en-name-Ac9o9pFy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 15 11 4 48 2
  6. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Eccles-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

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          "West Virginia#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "Ecclesiastes",
          "Ecclesiastes"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛkəlz/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Eccles",
    "Eccles, Greater Manchester"
  ],
  "word": "Eccles"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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