Ackworth

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proper noun

A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, including the villages of Ackworth Moor Top, High Ackworth and Low Ackworth.

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Meanings

proper nounAckworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ackworths)

plural Ackworths · alternative Acworth

  1. countableuncountableA civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, including the villages of Ackworth Moor Top, High Ackworth and Low Ackworth.
  2. countableuncountableA minor city in Warren County, Iowa, United States.
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

From the Old English personal name Acca + worþ (“enclosure”).

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Translations

Arabic أَكْوُرْث
  • أَكْوُرْث (ʔakwurṯ)surname
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Chicago

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