"Light" meaning in English

See Light in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: English surname, from both senses of light. Etymology templates: {{m|en|light}} light Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Light
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Light-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A place name:
    An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States.
    Categories (topical): Qur'an Categories (place): Places in Arkansas, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Arkansas, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Light-en-name-9kQOKs0Q Disambiguation of Qur'an: 3 16 24 16 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 30 20 26 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 23 26 23 23 2
  3. A place name:
    An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.
    Categories (topical): Qur'an Categories (place): Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Light-en-name-B-Uf9MwF Disambiguation of Qur'an: 3 16 24 16 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 30 20 26 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 23 26 23 23 2
  4. A place name:
    Light Regional Council, a local government area north of Adelaide, South Australia, named after the River Light.
    Categories (topical): Qur'an Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in South Australia
    Sense id: en-Light-en-name-WAiTkoff Disambiguation of Qur'an: 3 16 24 16 19 22 Categories (other): Local government areas of Australia, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 30 20 26 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 23 26 23 23 2
  5. A place name:
    The River Light, a river in the Mid North region, South Australia, named after William Light.
    Categories (topical): Qur'an Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in South Australia, Rivers in Australia, Rivers in South Australia
    Sense id: en-Light-en-name-LVRq~JAO Disambiguation of Qur'an: 3 16 24 16 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 30 20 26 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 23 26 23 23 2
  6. (Islam) The 24th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. Categories (topical): Islam, Qur'an Translations (44th sura of the Qur'an): سورة النور (Arabic), (Hikari) (alt: ひかり) (Japanese), Ljus [neuter] (Swedish), نۇر (nur) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-Light-en-name-A23sB2JH Disambiguation of Qur'an: 3 16 24 16 19 22 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of "44th sura of the Qur'an": 3 9 20 9 16 43

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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.