Wesley
//ˈwɛsli// name
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A habitational surname from Old English.
- 2 John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- 3 A male given name transferred from the surname, of 18th century and later usage, today often without any religious connotations.
- 4 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Madison County, Arkansas.
- 5 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Emanuel County, Georgia.
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A township in Will County, Illinois.
- 7 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.
- 8 A place in the United States:; A minor city and township in Kossuth County, Iowa.
- 9 A place in the United States:; A town in Washington County, Maine, named after John Wesley.
- 10 A place in the United States:; A township in Washington County, Ohio.
- 11 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
- 12 A place in the United States:; A former community in Wood County, West Virginia.
- 13 A hamlet in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
- 14 A village in north-east Dominica.
- 15 A southern suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
- 16 A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
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More examples""Sandy, imagine you're a fish in a fishbowl in the living room. The fishbowl is like our Earth. The living room is the universe. Some people, not being space-savvy, ignore the living room beyond the fishbowl." "Wesley, I'm ignorant, like many people.""
Etymology
Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to west + -ley (“lea”).
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