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発音

• IPA^(key): /liː/, (some placenames) /laɪ/
• 韻: -iː
• 異形同音異義語: lea, Lee, leigh, li
• 韻: -aɪ
• 異形同音異義語: lai, lie, lye

固有名詞

Leigh

1. A surname from Middle English, variant of Lee.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
   1. (UK) A female given name, female equivalent of Lee
3. A placename
   1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
   2. A village in Dorset, England.
   3. The Leigh, a hamlet and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8626).^[1]
   4. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5446). Former spelling: Lyghe.
   5. A civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, which includes Church Leigh, Lower Leigh and Upper Leigh.
   6. A village in Surrey, England.
   7. A village in Wiltshire, England.
   8. A small village and civil parish (served by Leigh かつ Bransford Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7853).

使用する際の注意点

In the UK, Leigh is occasionally seen as the feminine form of the male name Lee.

派生語

• Leigh Delamere
• Leigh disease
• Leigh-on-Sea

参考

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語源

From 古期英語 lēah (“meadow, pasture, field, clearing”) (modern English lea, leigh), used in various compound names, especially place-names.

接尾辞

-leigh

1. (no longer productive) A suffix meaning “meadow” present in various given names and toponyms of Old English origin

派生語