Talley

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6432). countable, uncountable

Etymology

*Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Taithligh (“descendant of Taithleach”), a byname from taithleach (“appeasement, pacification”). *In Wales, from Welsh Talyllychau or Tal y Llychau.

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