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Leslie
//ˈlɛzli// name
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 3 A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
"'Leslie with an "ie",' she had to tell everyone in England because they spelt it with a 'y'. 'Really?' Dominic's mother said, as if Leslie herself was a spelling mistake."
- 4 A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, south-west of Insch (OS grid ref NJ5924).
- 5 A large village in Fife council area, Scotland, west of Glenrothes (OS grid ref NO2401).
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- 6 A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Searcy County, Arkansas.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Sumter County, Georgia.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A township and city therein, in Ingham County, Michigan.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Franklin County, Missouri.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Belmont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
- 14 A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Etymology
From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).
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