Leland

/ˈliːlənd/

Synonyms for "leland" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
christian namefamily name

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
first nameforename

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
place namesurnametoponym

Related word relations

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More general

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geographical namenamepersonal nameplace name

More specific

10 entries
Christian nameEnglish surnameScottish surnamecity nameforenamelocal namelocational surnameoccupational surnametown namevillage name

Collocations

5 entries
Leland StanfordLeland family nameLeland given nameLeland surnameLeland toponym

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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The old man, busy with expanding his logging operations, took no special notice of the blessed event other than christening the boy Leland Stanford Stamper in what he considered a favor to his young wife; he stomped into her room in Wakonda, calk boots and all, trailing sawdust, mud, and the stink of machine oil, and announced, “Little honey, I intend to let you call that boy there after that school you're forever mooning about quittin'. How does that strike you?"

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With a name like Leland, he was doomed. He looked like the kind of kid who'd been tormented by his schoolmates since the first day of school, too bright and too big to avoid the involuntary cruelties of other middle-class children.

Source: wiktionary

On Feb. 10, on the third floor of the Social Security Administration’s Baltimore-area headquarters, Leland Dudek unfurled a 4-foot-wide roll of paper that extended to 20 feet in length.

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