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“Stone clearing”

Stanley from a surname meaning "stone clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was the British-American explorer and journalist Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the man who found David Livingstone in Africa.

English2 syllables · /ˈstæn.li/

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