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name
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7808).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in England:
A suburb of Plymouth, Devon (OS grid ref SX488325).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ605675).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in England:
A village in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7534).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in England:
A suburb of Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, on the border with Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3375)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Solano County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
A city and township in O'Brien County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
A township in Union County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Haakon County, South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Hartley County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A place in the United States:
Ellipsis of Hartley County.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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name
A locality in the Lithgow council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A habitational surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A unit of information (symbol Hart) representing the information content of an event if the probability of that event occurring is 1/10. It is therefore equal to the information contained in one decimal digit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: David Hartley
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Broader terms: philosopher
History
From Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hart + -ley (“lea”).
Named after Ralph Hartley (1888–1970), electronics researcher.
