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Carey

//ˈkɛəɹi// name

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1
A placename:; A hamlet in Ballingham parish and Little Dewchurch parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5631). countable, uncountable
2
A placename:; A place in the United States, including:; An unincorporated community in Greene County, Georgia. countable, uncountable
3
A placename:; A place in the United States, including:; A minor city in Blaine County, Idaho. countable, uncountable
4
A placename:; A place in the United States, including:; A village in Crawford Township, Wyandot County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
5
A placename:; A place in the United States, including:; An unincorporated community in Childress County, Texas. countable, uncountable

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6
A placename:; A place in the United States, including:; A town in Iron County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
7
A placename:; An island of Nunavut, Canada, in James Bay off the coast of Quebec; in full, Carey Island. countable, uncountable
8
A surname.; An English habitational surname from either of these placenames. countable, uncountable
9
A surname.; A surname from Irish, anglicized from the Gaelic Ó Ciardha. countable, uncountable
10
A surname.; A Celtic surname from Welsh, derived from Carew. countable, uncountable
11
A unisex given name.; A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
12
A unisex given name.; A female given name, variant of Cary. countable, uncountable

Etymology

* As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring. * As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew. * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”). * As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”). * Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.

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