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Bligh

Bligh proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Bligh (plural Blighs)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Bligh

pluralBlighs
alternative formBlee

Origin of Bligh

* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Blighe (“descendant of Blighe”), probably Gaelicized from Old Norse Blígr, from blígja (“to gaze, stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyg-, from *bʰel- (“to shine”). * As a Cornish surname, from bleydh (“wolf”). Compare Blethen. * As an English surname of Norman origin, variant of Blythe.

Words formed from Bligh

Phrases with Bligh

Questions about Bligh

What does Bligh mean?
Bligh means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Bligh?
Bligh is a proper noun.

Words near Bligh in the dictionary

  1. blidget
  2. blidgets
  3. Blidworth
  4. blies
  5. blige
  6. Bligh
  7. Bligh Island
  8. Bligh Park
  9. Blighs
  10. blight
  11. blightbird

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