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Hardy en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɑɹdi/ (US)
  • /ˈhɑːdi/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old English *Hearda + īeġ (“island, dry land in a marsh”).

Meanings

  1. (historical) A former town in Manchester, England, now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

Deriveds

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Hardy en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɑɹdi/ (US)
  • /ˈhɑːdi/ (UK)

Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, and French surname, from Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”). * As an Irish surname, via mac giolla deacair (“son of the hard lad”) as a calque of the above. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Hardie.

Meanings

  1. A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person.
    • Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Grenada County, Mississippi.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Holmes County, Ohio.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia.
  12. A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
  13. A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  14. A locality east of Peterborough, South Australia.

Forms

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Hardys Number=Plur lexicographic
Hardies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium · Laurel and Hardy · Hardy-Weinberg principle · Hardyesque · Hardyism · Hardyston · Hardy-Littlewood circle method · Hardy-Weinberg model · Ramanujan-Hardy number · Hardy-Weinberg law · Hardyan · Hardy field · Hardy-Ramanujan number · Hardy County