Wakefield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈweɪkfiːld/
Senses: glosses: An industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: The prison in Wakefield, established 1594.
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A ghost town in Washington County, Alabama.
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An unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois.
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An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana.
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A minor city in Clay County, Kansas.
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An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
examples: text: Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.
ref: 2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025:
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A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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A city and township in Gogebic County, Michigan.
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A township in Stearns County, Minnesota.
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A city in Dixon County and Wayne County, Nebraska.
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A township in Dixon County, Nebraska.
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A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
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A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
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A neighbourhood of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina.
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An unincorporated community in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio.
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A census-designated place in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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A village in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.
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A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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A town in Sussex County, Virginia.
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A neighbourhood of Washington, D.C..
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A ghost town in the village of Greenville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
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A locality in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
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A local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia; in full, Wakefield Regional Council.
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A parish and community therein, in New Brunswick, Canada.
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A village in La Pêche municipality, Quebec, Canada.
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A settlement in Jamaica.
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A settlement in Tasman district, South Island, New Zealand.