English Explanatory Dictionary

Pe Ell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Lewis County, Washington, United States.

Pronunciation

/piˈɛl/

Word forms

Pe Ell

Etymology

Uncertain, but several theories exist: * From an attempt by the local natives to pronounce the given name of the early French-Canadian settler, Pierre Charles. * From an initialism formed from the first initials of Pierre Charles and his Indian wife. * A corrupted form of the surname Pershell, from Charlie Pershell, a local early settler.

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