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name
A surname from Irish, Anglicised from the Irish Ó Ceallaigh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Christian County, Kentucky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Bladen County, North Carolina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Union County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clearfield, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Teton County, Wyoming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A small village and civil parish (without a council) in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3981).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A locality on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Kelly green.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary table of a drilling rig.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A roly-poly (toy).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player, choreographer, dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean
noun
United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Grace Kelly, Grace Patricia Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: actress
noun
United States circus clown (1898-1979)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Emmett Kelly, Weary Willie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew
History
Borrowed from Irish Ó Ceallaigh. Doublet of Kellogg and Callahan.
See kelly green.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
