Oakleigh

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  1. 1
    A suburb in south-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  2. 2
    A small settlement south of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

Etymology

Variant of Oakley, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -leigh "lea".

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