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davies
/ˈdeɪviz/
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What does davies mean?
noun
- plural of davy
- plural of Davy (kind of lamp)
proper noun
- A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdeɪviz/
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The Rev. W. N. Davies, rector of Spitalfields, took a census of some of the alleys in his parish.
Williams and Davies walked with me to a part of a neighbouring forest, to show me the famous kauri pine.
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Another merry lady named Moll Davies, a dancer at the theatre, was afterwards her rival.
Joseph Davies, one of the war secretaries to the prime minister, invited me to dinner and we talked of the American form of government.
He also quotes Davies, mentioning an instance of a fetus of five months, which lived twelve hours, weighing 2 pounds, and measuring 12 inches, and which cried vigorously.