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leigh¹

  • /ˈliː/
  • [ˈlɪi̯]

Sounds like lea, Lea, Lee, Leigh, li, Li, Lie · Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

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.

noun leighs · lea · ley · -leigh · -ley · -ly

  1. archaic A meadow.

Leigh²

  • /liː/
  • /laɪ/

Sounds like lea, Lee, leigh, li, lai, lie, lye · Rhymes with -iː, -aɪ

Where it comes from

From the nominative case of Old English lēah (“wood, meadow”), 'dweller by the wood or clearing'.

proper noun Lee

  1. A surname from Middle English, variant of Lee.
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  3. UK A female given name, Female equivalent of Lee.
  4. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD6500).
  5. A village and civil parish in Dorset (OS grid ref ST6108).
  6. The Leigh, a hamlet and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8626).
  7. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5446). Former spelling: Lyghe.
  8. A civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, which includes Church Leigh, Lower Leigh and Upper Leigh.
  9. A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2246).
  10. A village and civil parish in north Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0692).
  11. 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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