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hales¹

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of hale

Hales²

  • /heɪlz/

Sounds like hails

Where it comes from

From Old English halh (“hollow, nook”).

proper noun

  1. A topographic surname from Old English.
  2. A village and civil parish (served by Hales and Heckingham Parish Council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3897).
  3. A village in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7133).

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@misc{hales_2026,
  title = {hales},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hales},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}