a town in NW England, in Salford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 36 610 (2001)
Eccles in British English2
(ˈɛkəlz)
noun
Sir John Carew. 1903–97, Australian physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology (1963) with A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley for their work on conduction of nervous impulses
Eccles. in British English
or Eccl. Bible
abbreviation for
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes in British English
(ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstiːz)
noun
(functioning as singular)
a book of the Old Testament, probably written about 250 bc
Eccles in American English
(ˈɛkəlz)
Sir John Caˈrew (kəˈru) 1903-97; Brit. neurobiologist, born in Australia