Perry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛɹi
Forms: form: Perrys
form: Perries
Senses: examples: text: Kenny Perry was a leader or co-leader throughout Sunday’s final round. […] But Perry, Cabrera and Campbell could hear the Masters bird choir tweeting (that’s 140 characters or less, ornithologically speaking) over the quiet of the gallery following them.
ref: 2009 April 14, Richard Sandomir, “Live From the Masters, It’s Not the Leaders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
glosses: A topographic surname from Old English derived from the Old English pyrige (“a pear tree”).
glosses: A unisex given name.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A unisex given name.
A diminutive of the unisex given name Peregrine.
glosses: A placename:
A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
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A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1467).
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A place in England:
A hamlet in Preston parish and Wingham parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2559).
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A place in England:
A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0792).
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A place in England:
A minor river in Shropshire, which joins the Severn north-west of Shrewsbury; in full, the River Perry.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Perry County, Arkansas.
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A city, the county seat of Taylor County, Florida.
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A city, the county seat of Houston County, Georgia.
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A village in Pike County, Illinois.
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A city in Dallas County, Iowa.
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A minor city in Jefferson County, Kansas.
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A census-designated place in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
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A town in Washington County, Maine.
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A city in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
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A minor city in Ralls County, Missouri.
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A town in Wyoming County, New York.
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A village in the town of Perry and town of Castile, Wyoming County, New York.
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A village in Lake County, Ohio.
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A city, the county seat of Noble County, Oklahoma.
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An unincorporated community in Union County, Oregon.
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A town in Aiken County, South Carolina.
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An unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
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A city in Box Elder County, Utah.
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An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.
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A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Perry Township.
Derived terms: Perry Barr
Perry boy
perryite
Perryton
Perry Township
Perryville
Related terms: River Perry