Ely

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈiːlɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ē′lē for 1, 2; ē′lī for 3)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
E•ly  (ē′lē for 1, 2; ē′lī for 3),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Names Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
  2. Place Namesa town on this island: medieval cathedral. 9969.
  3. a male given name.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Ely / ˈiːlɪ/
  1. a cathedral city in E England, in E Cambridgeshire on the River Ouse. Pop: 13 954 (2001)
  2. a former county of E England, part of Cambridgeshire since 1965
'Ely' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cambridgeshire - Culbertson - Elysium - sweet cicely - tawdry - vowel

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