Wellesley
English
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (variously) /ˈwɛlɪzli/, /ˈwɛlzli/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Wellesley
- An English surname.
- A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for the estate of local benefactor Horatio Hollis Hunnewell
- A township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- Ellipsis of Wellesley College.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Fijian: weleti (literally “papaya”), via a ship named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington that first brought this fruit, see etymology there
- Fijian: leweti (by metathesis)
- Samoan: ʻesi
- Tongan: lesi
Translations
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- English 3-syllable words
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- English lemmas
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- English surnames
- en:Towns in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Townships
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- English ellipses