Wellesley

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (variously) /ˈwɛlɪzli/, /ˈwɛlzli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Wellesley

1. An English surname.
2. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for the estate of local benefactor Horatio Hollis Hunnewell
3. A township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
4. Ellipsis of Wellesley College.

Derived terms

• Wellesley effect

Descendants

• → Fijian: weleti (literally “papaya”), via a ship named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington that first brought this fruit, see etymology there

  Fijian: leweti (by metathesis)

  Samoan: ʻesi

  Tongan: lesi