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From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).

From Old English lēa, the dative case of lēah (“meadow”), originally to denote someone who lived near a meadow.

From Irish Laoi, perhaps from an ancient personal name.

From Chinese: * Mandarin: 李 (Lǐ), and other less common surnames such as 黎 (Lí). * Cantonese: 李 (lei5), and other less common surnames such as 利 (lei6). * Hokkien: 李 (Lí), Teochew: 李 (li2). * Hakka: 李 (Lí).

Transcription of Korean 이(李) (I) and 리(李) (Ri).

A diminutive.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: závětrný — facing away from the flow
• Bulgarian: завет (zavet) — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Catalan: refugi — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Dutch: luwte — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Finnish: suojasatama — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Finnish: tuulensuoja — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Irish: fothain — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Macedonian: за́вет (závet) — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Malay: lindungan — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Swedish: lä — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Turkish: masun — protected cove or harbor, out of the wind
• Bulgarian: подветрена страна (podvetrena strana) — side of the ship away from the wind
• Czech: závětrná strana — side of the ship away from the wind
• Dutch: lij — side of the ship away from the wind
• Dutch: lijzijde — side of the ship away from the wind
• Dutch: lijzij — side of the ship away from the wind
• Finnish: lee — side of the ship away from the wind
• Finnish: suojanpuoli — side of the ship away from the wind
• French: abri — side of the ship away from the wind
• German: Lee — side of the ship away from the wind
• Irish: taobh na fothana — side of the ship away from the wind
• Irish: taobh an fhoscaidh — side of the ship away from the wind
• Macedonian: заве́трина (zavétrina) — side of the ship away from the wind
• Polish: zawietrzna — side of the ship away from the wind
• Russian: подве́тренная сторона́ (podvétrennaja storoná) — side of the ship away from the wind
• Serbo-Croatian: за́вјетрина — side of the ship away from the wind
• Serbo-Croatian: за́ветрина — side of the ship away from the wind
• Serbo-Croatian: závjetrina — side of the ship away from the wind
• Serbo-Croatian: závetrina — side of the ship away from the wind
• Slovak: záveterrná strana — side of the ship away from the wind
• Spanish: sotavento — side of the ship away from the wind
• Swedish: lä — side of the ship away from the wind
• Swedish: läsida — side of the ship away from the wind
• Turkish: boca — side of the ship away from the wind
• Ottoman Turkish: پوجه (poca) — side of the ship away from the wind
• Ukrainian: підвітряний бік (pidvitrjanyj bik) — side of the ship away from the wind
• Bulgarian: завет (zavet) — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Catalan: recer — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Czech: závětří — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Finnish: tuulensuoja — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Finnish: lee — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Galician: socairo — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Hungarian: szélárnyék — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Hungarian: széltől védett hely — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Irish: fothain — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Macedonian: за́вет (závet) — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Slovak: závetrie — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Spanish: socaire — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Swedish: lä — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Ukrainian: захист (zaxyst) — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object
• Ukrainian: укриття (ukryttja) — sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object