Speke

//spiːk// name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of speak. alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4383).
  2. 2
    A surname.

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Speak, itself a variant of Speake, all related to the placename below. * The placename is either from Old English spec (“brushwood”) or the obsolete noun speight (“woodpecker”).

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