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Ely

  • /iːli/ UK

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English Ely, from Old English Ēlīġ, of uncertain origin.

proper noun

  1. A cathedral city and civil parish (served by City of Ely Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England.
  2. A suburb and community in Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1376).
  3. A river in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough, Vale of Glamorgan borough and Cardiff, Wales, which flows into the Severn Estuary.
  4. A city in Linn County, Iowa.
  5. A township in Marquette County, Michigan.
  6. A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
  7. A city, the county seat of White Pine County, Nevada.
  8. An unincorporated community in Millstone Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  9. A village in the town of Fairlee, Orange County, Vermont.
  10. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
  11. A male given name.
  12. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cumberland, wilton, erie, eastern, higher, top, elie, highest, ilir, yili, just, simply, merely, exclusively, purely, only

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MLA

"Ely." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ely. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Ely. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ely

Chicago

"Ely." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ely.

BibTeX
@misc{ely_2026,
  title = {Ely},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ely},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}