Wellesley.
An English surname.
Meaning & usage
An English surname.
A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts; named for the estate of local benefactor Horatio Hollis Hunnewell
A township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Ellipsis of Wellesley College.
Where this word comes from
From the name of the town Wells (“springs”) + lēah (“woodland”), thus 'the woodland by the springs'.
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