stanley
IPA: stˈænɫi
Root Word: Stanley
noun
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname. Popular in early 20th century.
- Any of several places, outside England named for persons with the surname:
- A town, the capital of the Falkland Islands, also known as Port Stanley.
- A small town in north-west Tasmania, Australia.
- A small town near Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
- A neighbourhood near the centre of Alexandria, Egypt.
- A coastal town and area in Southern district, Hong Kong
- A number of places in Canada:
- A ghost town in the Cariboo region, British Columbia.
- The Rural Municipality of Stanley, a rural municipality in southern Manitoba.
- A village in York County, New Brunswick.
- The Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan.
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A village in Derbyshire, England.
- A former coal town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1953).
- A small suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3891).
- A small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England.
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
- A hamlet in the village of Bremhill, Wiltshire, England.
- A village north of Perth in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1033).
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
- The former name of an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now called Turk.
- A tiny town in Custer County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Hart Township, Warrick County, Indiana.
- A tiny city in Buchanan County and Fayette County, Iowa.
- A neighborhood of Overland Park, Kansas; suburb of Kansas City.
- An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky.
- A village in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
- A hamlet in the town of Seneca, Ontario County, New York.
- A town in Gaston County, North Carolina.
- A small city, the county seat of Mountrail County, North Dakota.
- A town in Page County, Virginia.
- A small city in Chippewa County and Clark County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Barron County, Wisconsin.
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Examples of "stanley" in Sentences
- And to be a massive Stanley Kubrick fan.
- What about the estimable Stanley Milgram
- He was the first Frenchman to win the Stanley Cup as a player.
- By the mid 1990s, the Stanley Cup seemed to elude the Capitals.
- He played solidly and helped the club reach the Stanley Cup finals.
- She's cagey about her new movie, Stanley Kubrick's mysterious Eyes Wide Shut.
- The key to the offensive was an overland track across the Owen Stanley Ranges.
- According to Morgan Stanley, the earnings cycle is likely to inflect positively.
- The last stage of the Falklands War was the surrender of the Argentine Governor at Port Stanley.
- His physician and friend, Dr. Stanley Jones, an orthopedist, could not be reached for comment despite repeated requests.
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