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Foley en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfoʊli/ (General-American)

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Foghladha (“descendant of Foghlaidh”), a byname from foghlaí (“plunderer, pillager, marauder, robber”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A surname from Irish.
    • Melissa Foley clears debris in her neighborhood as the San Lorenzo River rises in Felton on Saturday, January 14. 2023 January 16, “California’s flooding, in pictures”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A city, the county seat of Benton County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.

Forms

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Foleys Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Foley Island · Foley Park