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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   An English placename.
2. 2
   A habitational surname from Old English. (More often spelled Haley.)
3. 3
   A unisex given name transferred from the surname.; A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
4. 4
   A unisex given name transferred from the surname.; A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Synonyms

All synonyms

haileybury

Etymology

Localities in England, from Old English hēg (“hay”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hay + -ley (“lea”).

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