"Gray" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɡɹeɪ/ Audio: En-Gray.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: * As an English, Irish, Scottish, and Norman surname, from the placename Graye-sur-Mer in Calvados, from Late Latin Graecus (“Greek”). * Also as an English surname, from the adjective gray. Compare the Irish calque McGreevy. * As a French surname, from Gray, Haute-Saône in France, from the personal name Gradus, a Gallo-Roman/Celtic pronunciation of Gratus, from the name Gratius. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nrf|-}} Norman, {{der|en|LL.|Graecus|t=Greek}} Late Latin Graecus (“Greek”), {{m|en|gray}} gray, {{m|en|McGreevy}} McGreevy, {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{m|en|Gradus}} Gradus, {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{m|la|Gratus}} Gratus, {{m|en|Gratius}} Gratius Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gray
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair. Synonyms: Grey Derived forms: Dorian Gray effect, Gray County
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name-5OylcFgH Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A male given name. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name-yDfLNrGi
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    A city, the county seat of Jones County, Georgia.     Categories (place): Cities in Georgia, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Georgia, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name-8iI64FIr Categories (other): County seats of Georgia, USA
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    A minor city in Audubon County, Iowa.     Categories (place): Cities in Iowa, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name--nC5cge9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 8 30 8 31 8 8 1
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky.     Categories (place): Places in Kentucky, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name-qsiwjH9S
  6. A number of places in the United States:
    A census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.     Categories (place): Census-designated places in Louisiana, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Louisiana, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name-NY3rVpRK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 8 30 8 31 8 8 1
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.     Categories (place): Census-designated places in Maine, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Maine, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Maine, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name-bGe0uN6K
  8. A number of places in the United States:
    A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee.     Categories (place): Census-designated places in Tennessee, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Tennessee, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name-t0581tnO
  9. A rural locality in north-east Tasmania, Australia. Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Tasmania, Villages in Australia, Villages in Tasmania
    Sense id: en-Gray-en-name-vxOUCJuH

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