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Oakes

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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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