name
Meaning 1
A surname from Middle English, variant of Lee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
leigh
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Pronunciation
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/liː/
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/laɪ/ some placenames
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rhymes with -iː
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homophone: lea
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homophone: Lee
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homophone: leigh
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homophone: li
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rhymes with -aɪ
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homophone: lai
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homophone: lie
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homophone: lye
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/ˈliː/
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[ˈlɪi̯]
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homophone: Lea
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homophone: Leigh
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homophone: Li
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homophone: Lie
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CMU ARPABET: L IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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name
Meaning 3
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name, Female equivalent of Lee.
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Usage: UK
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in England:
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD6500).
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Dorset (OS grid ref ST6108).
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in England:
The Leigh, a hamlet and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8626).
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5446). Former spelling: Lyghe.
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places in England:
A civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, which includes Church Leigh, Lower Leigh and Upper Leigh.
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name
Meaning 9
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2246).
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name
Meaning 10
A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in north Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0692).
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Meaning 11
A number of places in England:
A small village and civil parish (served by Leigh and Bransford Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7853).
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noun
Meaning 12
A meadow.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 13
English film actress (1913-1967)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Vivien Leigh
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Broader terms: actress
History
Etymology
From the nominative case of Old English lēah (“wood, meadow”), 'dweller by the wood or clearing'.
From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch (“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo (suffix forming place names)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse ló (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo.
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