Lee

• IPA^(key): /liː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: lea, leigh, Leigh, li

From Middle English [Term?].

• Lea
• Leigh

Lee (countable and uncountable, plural Lees)

1. An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).
2. A unisex given name
   1. A male given name derived from the surname, masculine of Leigh
   2. A female given name popular in conjoined names such as Lee Ann or Mary Lee.
      • 2016, Ruth Ware, In a Dark, Dark Wood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 21:

        “Nora?” She frowned, puzzled.
        “My name's Leonora,” I said. “At school I was Lee, but now I prefer Nora. I did mention it in the e-mail.”
        I'd always hated being Lee. It was a boy's name, a name that lent itself to teasing and rhyme.

3. A placename, for example:
   1. A number of places in England:
      1. A neighbourhood near the village of Berrynarbor, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5546).
      2. A small village in Ilfracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS4846). [1]
      3. A suburb in the borough of Lewisham, Greater London.
      4. A village in Buckinghamshire, commonly known as The Lee.
      5. Alternative spelling of Lea, the River Lea in eastern England.
   2. A river in County Cork, Ireland.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A former settlement in Inyo County, California.
      2. A town in Madison County, Florida.
      3. A village in DeKalb County and Lee County, Illinois.
      4. An unincorporated community in Monon Township, White County, Indiana.
      5. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
      6. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
      7. An unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada.
      8. A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire.
      9. A town and village in Oneida County, New York.
      10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lee Township.

A transcription of Mandarin Chinese 李 (Lǐ) and other less common names such as 黎 (Lí) and 理 (Lǐ)

• Li, Le, Ly

Lee (plural Lees)

1. A surname from Chinese.

Transcription of Korean 李, 理; 이 (i), 리 (ri)

• Rhee, Ree

Lee (plural Lees)

1. A surname from Korean of Korean origin. Alternative form of Rhee (Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리)

A diminutive

Lee (plural Lees)

1. A male given name
   1. A nickname for various given names with the first syllable as Lee; Clipping of Leo, Leroy.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lee is the 21^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 702,625 individuals. Lee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (42.4%), White (36.0%) and Black/African American (16.3%) individuals.

• ELE, eel

Borrowed from Middle Low German lē, from Old Saxon hlēo. Cognate with Dutch lij, English lee.

• IPA^(key): /leː/

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Lee f (genitive Lee, no plural)

1. leeward side of a ship (the side away from the wind direction)

   Antonym: Luv

   tosende See an Luv und Lee ― raging sea on the windward and leeward sides

• leewärts
• Leeseite

• Bug
• Heck

• “Lee” in Duden online
• “Lee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): [ˈliː]
• Hyphenation: Lee

Lee

1. Lee

From Middle High German leie. Cognate with German Lei, Dutch lei.

• IPA^(key): /leː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Lee f (plural Leeën)

1. (countable) slate, plate of slate (for roofing or writing)
2. (uncountable, dated) slate as a material

   Synonym: Schifer

• Dy, Dee, Li

• (Chinese surname): From Hokkien 李 (Lí) & Cantonese 李 (Lei⁵), via English Lee.
• (Korean surname): From Korean 이 (李, ^i), via English Lee.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli/, [ˈli]

Lee

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Min Nan
2. a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese
3. a surname from Korean, most notably borne by:
   • Grace Lee, film distributor, businesswoman, former tv host and former radio DJ.

• See
• Tee
• Wee
• Yee