English Explanatory Dictionary

Wellesley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English surname.
  2. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for the estate of local benefactor Horatio Hollis Hunnewell
  3. A township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  4. Ellipsis of Wellesley College.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɛlɪzli/ /ˈwɛlzli/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Wellesley.wav

Word forms

Wellesley Wellersley Wellsley

Etymology

From the name of the town Wells (“springs”) + lēah (“woodland”), thus 'the woodland by the springs'.

Derived words

Wellesley effect
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