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Leland

/ˈliːlənd/

Leland proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Leland

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • The old man, busy with expanding his logging operations, took no special notice of the blessed event other than christening the boy Leland Stanford Stamper in what he considered a favor to his young wife; he stomped into her room in Wakonda, calk boots and all, trailing sawdust, mud, and the stink...1960, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN
    • With a name like Leland, he was doomed. He looked like the kind of kid who'd been tormented by his schoolmates since the first day of school, too bright and too big to avoid the involuntary cruelties of other middle-class children.1992, Sue Grafton, I is for Innocent, Pan Macmillan, published 2010, →ISBN
  3. A village in LaSalle County, Illinois.
  4. A minor city in Winnebago County, Iowa.
  5. A township, unincorporated community, and census-designated place therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.
  6. A city in Washington County, Mississippi.
  7. A town in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
  8. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington.
  9. An unincorporated community in Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Origin of Leland

Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".

Words that rhyme with Leland

Questions about Leland

What does Leland mean?
Leland means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Leland?
Leland is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Leland?
Leland is pronounced /ˈliːlənd/.

Words near Leland in the dictionary

  1. lekythus
  2. lekë
  3. lel
  4. Lela
  5. Lelaina
  6. Leland
  7. Lelant
  8. Lelantine
  9. Lelas
  10. Lele
  11. Lelean

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