Wellesley

English

Alternative forms

  • Wellersley, Wellsley

Etymology

From the name of the town Wells (“springs”) + lēah (“woodland”), thus 'the woodland by the springs'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (variously) /ˈwɛlɪzli/, /ˈwɛlzli/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Wellesley

  1. An English surname.
  2. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for the estate of local benefactor Horatio Hollis Hunnewell
  3. A township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  4. Ellipsis of Wellesley College.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → 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

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