Speke

English

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk
  • Homophone: speak

Proper noun

Speke

  1. A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4383).
  2. A surname.

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