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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈluː.ɪs/ Forms: Leweses [plural]
Rhymes: -uːɪs Etymology: From Middle English Lewes, from late Old English Lewes, a variant of earlier Lǣwe, of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from Old English hlǣw (“hill”), referring to the several mounts in Lewes. Alternatively, perhaps derived from Old English lǣw (“cut, incision, gash”), referring to the narrow, steep-sided 'gash' where the River Ouse cuts through the line of the South Downs. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Lewes}} Middle English Lewes, {{inh|en|ang|Lewes}} Old English Lewes, {{unc|en|title=uncertain}} uncertain, {{der|en|ang|hlǣw|t=hill}} Old English hlǣw (“hill”), {{der|en|ang|lǣw|t=cut, incision, gash}} Old English lǣw (“cut, incision, gash”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Leweses}} Lewes (countable and uncountable, plural Leweses)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Lewes-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A placename:
    A town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4110).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in East Sussex, England, Places in England, Towns in East Sussex, England, Towns in England
    Sense id: en-Lewes-en-name-QgOIy1Xs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 40 36 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 36 35 18 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 34 36 21 6
  3. A placename:
    A local government district in East Sussex, England. Seat: Lewes, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Districts of East Sussex, England, Districts of England, Places in East Sussex, England, Places in England Derived forms: Kingston near Lewes
    Sense id: en-Lewes-en-name-Fb0zGDOO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 40 36 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 36 35 18 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 34 36 21 6
  4. A placename:
    A city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Delaware, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Delaware, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Lewes-en-name-XWXPcvKO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 40 36 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 36 35 18 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 34 36 21 6
  5. A placename:
    A community in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Prince Edward Island, Villages in Canada, Villages in Prince Edward Island
    Sense id: en-Lewes-en-name-dyYpiqM1
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.