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Olney

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From the dative form of the Old English personal name *Olla + īeġ (“island”).

proper noun Olneys

  1. countable, uncountable A market town and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8851).
  2. countable, uncountable A locality in the Cessnock council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pickens County, Alabama.
  4. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Richland County, Illinois.
  5. countable, uncountable A township in Richland County, Illinois.
  6. countable, uncountable A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland.
  7. countable, uncountable A township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
  9. countable, uncountable A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.
  12. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  13. countable, uncountable A city in Young County, Texas.
  14. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{olney_2026,
  title = {Olney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/olney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}