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Stanley

Proper noun

Meaning

A habitational surname from Old English.

A male given name transferred from the surname. Popular in early 20th century.

Any of several places, outside England named for persons with the surname:
A town, the capital of the Falkland Islands, also known as Port Stanley.

A small town in north-west Tasmania, Australia.

A small town near Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.

A neighbourhood near the centre of Alexandria, Egypt.

A coastal town and area in Southern district, Hong Kong
Synonyms: (obsolete) Chek Chue, Chek Chu

A number of places in Canada:
A ghost town in the Cariboo region, British Columbia.

The Rural Municipality of Stanley, a rural municipality in southern Manitoba.

A village in York County, New Brunswick.

The Rural Municipality of Stanley No. 215, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan.

A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village in Derbyshire, England.

A former coal town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1953).

A small suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3891).

A small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England.

A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

A hamlet in the village of Bremhill, Wiltshire, England.

A village north of Perth in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1033).

A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.

The former name of an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now called Turk.

A tiny town in Custer County, Idaho.

An unincorporated community in Hart Township, Warrick County, Indiana.

A tiny city in Buchanan County and Fayette County, Iowa.

A neighborhood of Overland Park, Kansas; suburb of Kansas City.

An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky.

A village in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.

An unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

A hamlet in the town of Seneca, Ontario County, New York.

A town in Gaston County, North Carolina.

A small city, the county seat of Mountrail County, North Dakota.

A town in Page County, Virginia.

A small city in Chippewa County and Clark County, Wisconsin.

A town in Barron County, Wisconsin.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup! Guy Lafleur

I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch. Ishmael Reed

My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley. Sally Kirkland

Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski. They can't help it, but, it is troubling. Marlon Brando

Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster. Ted Lindsay

My oh My, what a wretched Life. I was born on the day that my poor mama died. I was cut from Her belly with a stanley knife. My daddy did a jig with the drunk midwife. Nick Cave

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