Gray

Betekenis

1. A surname transferred from the nickname; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair.
2. A male given name.
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9. A rural locality in north-east Tasmania, Australia.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡɹeɪ/

Etymologie

* As an English, Irish, Scottish, and Norman surname, from the placename Graye-sur-Mer in Calvados, from Late Latin Graecus (“Greek”).
* Also as an English surname, from the adjective gray. Compare the Irish calque McGreevy.
* As a French surname, from Gray, Haute-Saône in France, from the personal name Gradus, a Gallo-Roman/Celtic pronunciation of Gratus, from the name Gratius.

Zinnen

Gray paint stretched for miles around .

Grijze verf strekte zich kilometers rond.