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Lea en · PROPN · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. A female given name from Hebrew, form of Leah.
Source: en.wiktionary, “Lea” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lea en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Old English lēa, the dative case of lēah (“meadow”).

Meanings

  1. An English surname from Middle English, a variant of Lee.

Deriveds

Lea County · Albert Lea

Source: en.wiktionary, “Lea” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lea en · PROPN · etymology 3

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Lyġe.

Meanings

  1. A river in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Greater London, England, also called the Lee, which flows into the River Thames at Poplar.
  2. A village in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3257).
  3. A village and civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6521).
  4. A village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4930).
  5. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8286).
  6. A village in Lea and Cleverton parish, north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9586).
  7. A former civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, merged into Doddington and District civil parish in 2023.

Deriveds

Lea Bridge · Lea-by-Backford