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Keighley.

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈkiːθli/
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name *Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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