Greenlee

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, named from Old English grēne (“green”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to green + -lee (“lea”); compare Green and Greene.

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Greenlee County

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