Hayle

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
  2. 2
    A harbour town and civil parish with a town council in West Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5537).
  3. 3
    A surname.
  4. 4
    A short river in Cornwall which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near the town.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hayley.

Etymology 2

From Cornish heyl (“estuary”).

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atlantic ocean

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