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Leigh

Leigh

See also: leigh, léigh, and lèigh

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Leigh

  1. A surname​, variant of Lee.
  2. A male given name, transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name, transferred from the surname.
  4. A town in Greater Manchester, England.
  5. A small town in Kent, England.

Usage notes

In the U.K. Leigh is occasionally seen as the feminine form of the male name Lee.

Derived terms

leigh

leigh

See also: Leigh, léigh, and lèigh

English

Alternative forms

  • lea, ley
  • (in personal and place names) -leigh, -ley, -ly

Noun

leigh ‎(plural leighs)

  1. (archaic) A meadow.

Manx

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛi]

Noun

leigh f ‎(genitive singular leigh, plural leighaghyn or leighyn)

  1. law

Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle English legh, lege, lei ‎(“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah ‎(“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhō ‎(“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *louk- ‎(“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch ‎(“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh ‎(“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo ‎(“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo ‎(“used in placenames”)), Old High German lōh ‎(“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse lō ‎(“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo.

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