Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname from Middle English, variant of Lee. · A unisex given name transferred from the surname. · A female given name, Female equivalent of Lee. · A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD6500).
From the nominative case of Old English lēah (“wood, meadow”), 'dweller by the wood or clearing'.
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- Inherited-form mentionlēahang
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