"Ellice" meaning in English

See Ellice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Probably a variant spelling of Alice or Elise. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ellice
  1. A female given name.
    Sense id: en-Ellice-en-name-b1svBRzJ Categories (other): English female given names, English given names
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Ellices [plural]
Etymology: Variant spelling of Ellis. Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|~|s}} Ellice (countable and uncountable, plural Ellices)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Ellice-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Ellice-Archie. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Manitoba, Canada
    Sense id: en-Ellice-en-name-h6hWIWSA Categories (other): Former political divisions, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 25 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 19 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ellice-Archie, Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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