Leigh

Definition: Leigh

Leigh

Noun

1. English film actress (1913-1967).

"Leigh" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a meadow".

Date "Leigh" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1630. (references)

"Leigh" is a common misspelling or typo for: sleigh.

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Leigh (Aurora) (pron. Lee). The heroine of Mrs. Browning's poem so called, designed to show the noble aim of true art. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Leigh

Synonym: Vivien Leigh (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Leigh

English words defined with "Leigh": Dorothy Leigh Sayers ♦ James Henry Leigh Hunt ♦ Leigh Hunt ♦ Vivien Leigh. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Leigh": Adonis of 50, Anacreon, Atys ♦ Buncle ♦ Francesca da Rimini, Fraserian ♦ Knight Rider Street ♦ Radcliffe Library ♦ Sneck Posset. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Leigh" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (enactment, law, respect).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Jennifer Jason Leigh, these people are freaks! (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)
Movie/TV Titles	Aurora Leigh (1915) The Legend of Leigh Bowery (2002) Leigh Weiner (1986)
Song Titles	Terry (performing artist: Leigh Bell & The Chimes)
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Domain	Title
Books	Leigh Bowery Looks: Photographs by Fergus Greer 1988-1994 (reference) Iris (Greenwood, Leigh. Seven Brides.) (reference) Byron's daughter; a biography of Elizabeth Medora Leigh (reference) Never Preach Past Noon: A Leigh Koslow Mystery (reference) Never Sorry: A Leigh Koslow Mystery (Leigh Koslow Mystery Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Consumer Goods	Jesada 600-502 13-Piece Set for Leigh Jig (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Acrylic painting of a pair of Greater Scaups by James Hautman, 2015 Xanthus Lane, Plymouth, Minnesota 55447. Jim's work has been displayed in the Oval Office of the White House, The Smithsonian Institution, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and in public and private collections throughout the world. In 1990 he became the youngest artist ever to win the Federal Duck Stamp Contest. He won again in 1995 when his mallard painting received the first ever perfect score of 25. In 1998, Jim tied his own record by winning the 1999-2000 Federal Duck Stamp with another perfect score.		Scene on the carrier's port bridge wing, during operations off Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942. Among those present are (from left to right, in the right center) Commander D.F. Smith (hatless); Captain Forrest P. Sherman, Commanding Officer (wearing helmet); Rear Admiral Leigh Noyes, Commander Task Group 61.1 (facing camera); and Lieutenant Commander Wallace M. Beakley, Commander Wasp Air Group, who is making his report to RAdm. Noyes. Note SBD-3 scout bombers (one with a rather small National star painted on its fuselage) on the flight deck and .30 caliber machine gun mounted on the bridge bulwark.Credit: NAVY.
	Storekeeper 2nd Class Francella Leigh, Yeoman 2nd Class Patricia McRae and Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Suzanne Hosmer (listed left to right) in their stateroom on board a transport, while they and other WAVES were en route to their new duty stations at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 8 January 1945.Credit: NAVY.		Leigh Street Pharmacy, Richmond, Va.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bach festival. The choir giving a performance at Packer memorial chapel of Leigh University.Credit: Library of Congress.		1917-1918, reference prints from negatives. Pond Leigh Road.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
George Leigh Mallory	Because it's there.
Leigh Hunt	Colors are the smiles of nature.
	The groundwork of all happiness is health.
	Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.
	Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.
	The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
	The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.
	It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.
	Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Gambia	Imam Leigh was released after several hours without charges on bail of $6,000 (100,000 dalasi), and was asked to report to the NIA the next day. (references)
	Gambia	Leigh continued to lead prayers at the mosque, and said he was not threatened by the arrest and planned to continue giving sermons and interpreting the Islamic perspective in society. (references)
	Gambia	On July 6, the NIA arrested Imam Baba Leigh of the Kanifing mosque for allegedly criticizing the Government; Imam Leigh preached against corruption and waste of public funds in unnecessary ceremonies during prayers. (references)
Economic History	Sierra Leone	Ambassador to the U.S.--John Leigh. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Leigh" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.84% of the time. "Leigh" is used about 636 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	99.84%	635	10,242
Noun (singular)	0.16%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	636	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Leigh" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Leigh	First name Female	32,000	439
Leigh	First name Male	4,000	1,127
Leigh	Last name	4,000	3,435
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Leigh, NE (village, FIPS 26560)
Location: 41.70409 N, 97.23683 W
Population (1990): 447 (214 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 68643
Country: USA

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Expression: Leigh

Expressions using "Leigh": Dorothy Leigh Sayers ♦ James Henry Leigh Hunt ♦ Leigh Disease ♦ Leigh Hunt ♦ Vivien Leigh. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Leigh": leigh-born, Leigh-fermor, leigh-ho, leigh-mallory, Leigh-on-sea, Leigh-pemberton, Leigh-smith, leigh-style, leigh-way.
	Ending with "Leigh": Robin-leigh.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Leigh

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
rachael leigh cook	1,169	vivian leigh	46
chyler leigh	598	chera leigh	44
jennifer jason leigh	435	rachael leigh cook picture	36
vivien leigh	312	leigh steinberg	35
leigh	206	ashton leigh	35
summer leigh	172	racheal leigh cook	35
janet leigh	170	heaven leigh	34
alicia leigh willis	145	jenny leigh	34
shannan leigh	144	leigh high school	34
leigh valentine	116	leigh taylor young	33
windy leigh	110	rachel leigh cook picture	32
leigh shannon	97	debbie leigh	32
rachael leigh cook nude	82	leigh hunt	29
linda leigh	72	rachael leigh cook pic	28
leigh nash	66	hammon jennifer leigh	27
rachel leigh cook nude	66	rachel leigh	27
danni leigh	57	rachel leigh cook pic	26
chyler leigh nude	57	kimber leigh	26
megan leigh	56	nancy leigh demoss	26
lynda leigh	56	leigh keno	25
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Leigh

Language		Translations for "Leigh"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Digby-Leigh's ventil (Digby Leigh valve). (various references)

French		soupape de Digby Leigh (Digby Leigh valve). (various references)

German		Digby Leigh Ventil (Digby Leigh valve). (various references)

Greek		βαλβίδα Digby Leigh (Digby Leigh valve). (various references)

Pig Latin		eighlay

Portuguese		válvula de Digby Leigh (Digby Leigh valve). (various references)

Spanish		válvula de Digby-Leigh (Digby Leigh valve). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Leigh

Derivations
	Words ending with "Leigh": sleigh. (additional references)
	Words containing "Leigh": sleighed, sleigher, sleighers, sleighing, sleighs, sleight, sleights. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Leigh" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bleeaggh, Bleugh, Eleigh, Elihu, Eugh, laigh, Leicht, Levich, Lowith, Luigo, Yeugh. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Leigh

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-l"
	-1 letter: elhi, heil.
	-2 letters: gel, ghi, gie, hie, leg, lei, lie.
	-3 letters: eh, el, he, hi, li.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-l"
	+1 letter: higgle, sleigh.
	+2 letters: delight, english, ghillie, ghoulie, healing, heeling, heiling, helling, helming, helping, helving, higgled, higgler, higgles, hoglike, leching, lighted, lighten, lighter, megilph, relight, shingle, sleighs, sleight.
	+3 letters: alighted, atheling, belching, blighted, blighter, delights, eighthly, exhaling, fleishig, fleshing, flighted, galabieh, ghillies, ghoulies, gilthead, glitches, healings, heckling, heelings, helloing, helpings, higglers, highlife, hireling, homegirl, hoveling, leaching, leashing, leeching, letching, lightens, lighters, lightest, litharge, megalith, megillah, megilphs, narghile, nargileh, penlight, philabeg, philibeg, plighted, plighter, regolith, relights, shealing, shelling, shelving, shieling, shigella, shingled, shingler, shingles, sighless, sighlike, sleighed, sleigher, sleights, slighted, slighter, teiglach, thirlage, welching, welshing, wheeling, whelming, whelping.
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