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De Lesseps

De Lesseps proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun (1)

De Lesseps (countable and uncountable, plural De Lesseps or De Lessepses)

  1. (countable) A surname from French.
  2. A lake in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada; in full, De Lesseps Lake.
  3. A river in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada; in full, De Lesseps River.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: de Lesseps

de Lesseps (plural de Lesseps or de Lessepses)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of De Lesseps

pluralDe Lesseps
pluralDe Lessepses
alternative formLesseps
alternative formdeLesseps
alternative formDelesseps
alternative formDeLesseps
alternative formde Lesseps
pluralde Lesseps
pluralde Lessepses
alternative formDe Lesseps

Origin of De Lesseps

From French de Lesseps.

Words formed from De Lesseps

Questions about De Lesseps

What does De Lesseps mean?
De Lesseps means a surname from French.
What part of speech is De Lesseps?
De Lesseps is a proper noun.

Words near De Lesseps in the dictionary

  1. De Lacey
  2. De Lagrange
  3. De Leonism
  4. De Leonist
  5. De Leonists
  6. De Lesseps
  7. de Longchamps point
  8. de los Santos
  9. de lunatico inquirendo
  10. de luxe
  11. de Manian

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