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raleigh
/ˈɹɔːli/
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What does raleigh mean?
proper noun
- A medieval manor in Devon, England.
- An English habitational surname from the manor in England.
- A male given name, transferred from the surname.
More meanings (12)
proper noun
- The capital city of North Carolina, United States and the county seat of Wake County; named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
- A locality in the Bellingen council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
- A town, the county seat of Smith County, Mississippi; named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
- A neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee; named for the city in North Carolina.
- A village in Illinois; named for the city in North Carolina.
- A census-designated place in Florida.
- A census-designated place in North Dakota; named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
- An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for Raleigh Bowden.
- An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for the city in North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia; named for its county, which was named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
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IPA pronunciation
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Lena’s landlord, old Colonel Raleigh, had given her the dog, and at first she was not at all pleased.
I reply, with Sir Walter Raleigh, by calling on my soul to give this statement the lie.
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The 8th we departed from Mount Raleigh, coasting along the shore which lieth south-south-west and east-north-east.
This gives the people of Raleigh the feeling that the school is theirs, and not something located in, but not a part of, the South.
"This place may indeed be haunted," he thought, "perhaps by the delighted soul of Sir Walter Raleigh, patron of the weed, but seemingly not by the proprietors."