Peel

See also: peel

English

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Peel (countable and uncountable, plural Peels)

  1. (countable) A surname.
  2. A placename:
    1. A town in the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2484).
    2. A former county in Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974.
    4. A regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, created in 1974.
    5. A region south of Perth, Western Australia.
  3. (uncountable) Robert Peel, British Prime Minister.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːl

Proper noun

De Peel c

  1. a region of the Netherlands located in Noord-Brabant and Limburg

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Saterland Frisian

n Poor Pele (2.1).
n Peel (2.2).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peːl/
  • Hyphenation: Peel
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian pēl, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī. Cognates include West Frisian pel and German Pfühl. Doublet of Púul.

Noun

Peel m or n (plural Pele)

  1. pillow

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian pēl, from Proto-West Germanic *pāli. Cognates include West Frisian peal and German Pfahl.

Noun

Peel m (plural Pele)

  1. stake
  2. pillory

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Peel”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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