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Rhee

Rhee proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Rhee (countable and uncountable, plural Rhees)

  1. A surname.
  2. A river that begins in Ashwell, Hertfordshire, and ends at Hauxton Junction, Cambridgeshire, England, where it joins the River Cam (or Granta); in full, the River Rhee.
  3. A hamlet in Assen municipality, Drenthe province, Netherlands.

Forms of Rhee

pluralRhees

Origin of Rhee

For the surname, borrowed from Korean 이 (i). Doublet of Lee.

Questions about Rhee

What does Rhee mean?
Rhee means a surname.
What part of speech is Rhee?
Rhee is a proper noun.

Words near Rhee in the dictionary

  1. Rheda
  2. rhedarium
  3. rhedariums
  4. Rheden
  5. Rhedones
  6. Rhee
  7. rheeboc
  8. rheebocs
  9. rheebok
  10. rheeboks
  11. Rhees

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