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Hayes¹

  • /heɪz/

Rhymes with -eɪz

Where it comes from

*As an English locational surname, from Old English hæs (“brushwood”) (see hris) and Middle English hay (“enclosure”), heye.

*As an Irish surname, from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”).

proper noun Hayeses · Heyes

  1. countable, uncountable An English habitational surname from Old English.
  2. countable, uncountable A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó hAodha (“descendant of Aodh”)
  3. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. countable, uncountable Any of a number of places; those outside Britain named for persons with the surname.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1080).
  6. countable, uncountable A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4066).
  7. countable, uncountable A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
  8. countable, uncountable A settlement in Jamaica.
  9. countable, uncountable A rural locality in Derwent Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
  10. countable, uncountable A former settlement in Fresno County, California.
  11. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Stanley County, South Dakota.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the town of How, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
  14. countable, uncountable A number of townships in the United States, listed under Hayes Township.

hayes²

noun

  1. plural plural of haye

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