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Lee vs Lea - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between lee and lea

is that lee is a protected cove or harbor, out of the wind while lea is an open field, meadow.

As proper nouns the difference between lee and lea

is that lee is {{surname|A=An|English topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag) while Lea is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}}, latinized form of Leah.

lee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
  • (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
  • A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
    • the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
  • * Morte d'Arthure
    • We lurked under lee .
  • * Tyndall
    • Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .

    Derived terms

    * alee * leeward * leeway

    See also

    * lees

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    lea

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) legh, lege, lei "clearing, open ground" from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an open field, meadow
  • *XIX century , Alfred Tennyson,
  • *:Two children in two neighbor villages
  • *:Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas ;

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) lier, to bind

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
  • A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

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