Fleetwood

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UK/ˈfliːt.wʊd/

proper noun

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348).

OriginOld English flēot →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348).
  2. A town centre in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A neighbourhood of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, United States.
  4. A borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  5. A surname.
  6. The word used for the 35 in telephone numbers prefixes starting with 35. A corresponding letter for 3 can be an F, and a corresponding letter for 5 can be an L. For example, the phone number 35?-???? could be said as, "Fleetwood ?????". This helps to reduce errors made when exchanging contact information. See Wikipedia article, Telephone exchange names

Origin

  1. Old Englishflēot“pool, stream”
  2. EnglishFleetwood

From Old English flēot (“pool, stream”) + wood.

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APA

Fleetwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fleetwood

MLA

“Fleetwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fleetwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fleetwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fleetwood.

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