Lakewood

See also: Lake Wood

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, lake +‎ wood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪkˌwʊd/

Proper noun

Lakewood

1. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
2. A ghost town in Western Australia, Australia.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
      • 2016 February 13, Susannah Cullinane, Joe Sutton, “2 boys found after mother allegedly abducts them, takes them to Mexico”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 July 2025:

        Sage Cook, 15, and Isaac Cook, 9, disappeared in August after visiting their biological mother, Faye Ku, in Lakewood, California, local authorities said in a statement […] “Ms. Ku intentionally left behind personal belongings at her place of residence that would prevent law enforcement from tracking her whereabouts,” Lakewood Sheriff’s Station said.

   2. A city in Jefferson County, Colorado.
   3. A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
   4. A census-designated place in Vigo County, Indiana.
   5. A ghost town in Lyon County, Iowa.
   6. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
   7. An unincorporated community in Alpena County, Michigan.
   8. A township and census-designated place therein, in Ocean County, New Jersey.
      • 2026 February 25, Arno Rosenfeld, “After Minneapolis, a YouTuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’”, in The Forward‎^[2], archived from the original on 27 February 2026:

        “You think moving capital and charging interest is something more valuable than what I do or what?” Oliveira asks a random Jewish man in Lakewood who had questioned his profession as a YouTuber.

   9. A village in Chautauqua County, New York.
   10. A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
   11. An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
   12. A village in Preston Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
   13. A census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina.
   14. A neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee.
   15. A neighborhood of Dallas, Texas.
   16. A city in Pierce County, Washington.
   17. A town in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
   18. A census-designated place in Lakewood, Wisconsin.
4. A municipality of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.

   Coordinate terms: Aurora, Bayog, Dimataling, Dinas, Dumalinao, Dumingag, Guipos, Josefina, Kumalarang, Labangan, Lakewood, Lapuyan, Mahayag, Margosatubig, Midsalip, Molave, Pagadian, Pitogo, Ramon Magsaysay, San Miguel, San Pablo, Sominot, Tabina, Tambulig, Tigbao, Tukuran, Vincenzo A. Sagun — city and municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur

5. Former name of Poblacion: a barangay of the municipality of Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.

Anagrams

• Woodlake

Cebuano

Etymology

After Lake Wood, in turn named after Leonard Wood, a governor general of the Philippines' Moro Province.

Proper noun

Lakewood

1. a municipality of Zamboanga del Sur