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Wesley

//ˈwɛsli// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. 2
    John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of 18th century and later usage, today often without any religious connotations.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Madison County, Arkansas.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Emanuel County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A township in Will County, Illinois.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; A minor city and township in Kossuth County, Iowa.
  4. 9
    A place in the United States:; A town in Washington County, Maine, named after John Wesley.
  5. 10
    A place in the United States:; A township in Washington County, Ohio.
  6. 11
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
  7. 12
    A place in the United States:; A former community in Wood County, West Virginia.
  8. 13
    A hamlet in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
  9. 14
    A village in north-east Dominica.
  10. 15
    A southern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
  11. 16
    A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

Etymology

Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to west + -ley (“lea”).

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