Acklam

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proper noun

A suburb of Middlesbrough borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ477168).

OriginOld English āc →
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Meanings

proper nounAcklam (countable and uncountable, plural Acklams)

plural Acklams

  1. countableuncountableA suburb of Middlesbrough borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ477168).

    The chain of events that ended on the A66 is believed to have begun eight miles away, in a quiet suburban street in Acklam.

    2026 September 4, Ed Thomas, Rebecca Wearn, “'I'd rather die than ring the police': Distrust and fear in Middlesbrough after A66 crash”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2026, retrieved 04 Sep 2026
  2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE784617).
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishāc“oak”
  2. EnglishAcklam

From Old English āc (“oak”) + the dative plural of lēah (“clearing”).

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APA

Acklam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acklam

MLA

“Acklam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acklam. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Acklam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Acklam.

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