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Fries.

A surname.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈfɹiːz/
  1. A surname.

  2. A town in Virginia.

Where this word comes from

The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both Friesland and French friche (“fallow land”), found in Swiss French.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.