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Oakes.

A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).

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  1. A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States.

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  3. A surname.

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Where this word comes from

From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.