Lakewood

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/ˈleɪkˌwʊd/

proper noun

A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A ghost town in Western Australia, Australia.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
      1 more example

      Sage Cook, 15, and Isaac Cook, 9, disappeared in August after visiting their biological mother, Faye Ku, in Lakewood, California, local authorities said in a statement […] “Ms. Ku intentionally left behind personal belongings at her place of residence that would prevent law enforcement from tracking her whereabouts,” Lakewood Sheriff’s Station said.

      2016 February 13, Susannah Cullinane, Joe Sutton, “2 boys found after mother allegedly abducts them, takes them to Mexico”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2025
    2. A city in Jefferson County, Colorado.
    3. A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
    4. A census-designated place in Vigo County, Indiana.
    5. A ghost town in Lyon County, Iowa.
    6. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
    7. An unincorporated community in Alpena County, Michigan.
    8. A township and census-designated place therein, in Ocean County, New Jersey.

      “You think moving capital and charging interest is something more valuable than what I do or what?” Oliveira asks a random Jewish man in Lakewood who had questioned his profession as a YouTuber.

      2026 February 25, Arno Rosenfeld, “After Minneapolis, a YouTuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’”, in The Forward, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2026
    9. A village in the town of Busti, Chautauqua County, New York.
    10. A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
    11. An unincorporated community and neighbourhood of Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Oregon.
    12. A village in Preston Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
    13. A census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina.
    14. A neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee.
    15. A neighborhood of Dallas, Texas.
    16. A city in Pierce County, Washington.
    17. A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
    18. A census-designated place in Lakewood, Wisconsin.
  4. A municipality of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
  5. Former name of Poblacion: a barangay of the municipality of Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.

Origin

By surface analysis, lake + wood.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Woodlake
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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