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lea

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Noun

  1. An open field, meadow, pasture.
  2. Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).
  3. A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
  4. Initialism of law enforcement agency.
  5. Initialism of local education authority.
  6. Initialism of local electoral area.

Proper noun

  1. A female given name from Hebrew, form of Leah.
  2. An English surname from Middle English, a variant of Lee.
  3. A river in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Greater London, England, also called the Lee, which flows into the River Thames at Poplar.
  4. A village in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3257).
  5. A village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4930).
  6. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8286).
  7. A village in Lea and Cleverton parish, north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9586).
  8. A former civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, merged into Doddington and District civil parish in 2023.

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