Peel
See also: peel
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Peal, Peall
Proper noun
Peel (countable and uncountable, plural Peels)
- (countable) A surname.
- A placename
- A town in the Isle of Man.
- A county of Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
- A regional municipality in Peel, Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
- A region south of Perth, Western Australia.
- (uncountable) Robert Peel, British Prime Minister.
Synonyms
- (county): Peel County, County of Peel
- (regional municipality): Peel Region, Region of Peel, Regional Municipality of Peel
Translations
the town
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regional municipality
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Further reading
Peel, Isle of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Regional Municipality of Peel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Pele, leep
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːl
Proper noun
De Peel c
- A region of the Netherlands located in Noord-Brabant and Limburg.
Anagrams
- leep, lepe
Saterland Frisian
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n Peel (1).
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n Poor Pele (2.1).
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n Peel (2.2).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peːl/
- Hyphenation: Peel
- Rhymes: -eːl
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian pēl, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī. Cognates include West Frisian pel and German Pfühl. Doublet of Púul.
Noun
Peel m or n (plural Pele)
- pillow
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian pēl, from Proto-West Germanic *pāli. Cognates include West Frisian peal and German Pfahl.
Noun
Peel m (plural Pele)
- stake
- pillory
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Peel”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN