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Name


Given name

* Lee (given name), a given name in English


Surname

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Chinese surnames Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the W ...
romanized as Li or Lee: **
Li (surname 李) Li or Lee (; ) is a common Chinese-language surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous ''Hundred Family Surnames.'' Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, and more than 100 million in Asia. ...
or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese surname *
Lý (Vietnamese surname) Lý ( Hán-Nôm: 李, , pronounced like ) is a Vietnamese surname. It is the 14th most common Vietnamese surname and is the 1176th most common American surname, according to the 2010 United States Census. Origin Traditionally, the surname Li is d ...
or Lí (李), a common Vietnamese surname * Lee (Korean surname) or Rhee or Yi (Hanja , Hangul or ), a common Korean surname *
Lee (English surname) Lee is a common surname in English language, English-speaking countries. In the United States during the year 2000 US Census, 2000 census, "Lee" was the most common American surnames, 22nd-most-common surname.United States Census Bureau.Genealo ...
, a common English surname *
List of people with surname Lee This is a list of persons with the surname Lee. A * Agnes Lee, American poet * Alan Lee (footballer), former Irish footballer * Albert Lee, English guitarist * Alma Lee (1914-2000),, Swiss-born naturalised British philatelist * Alvin Lee (194 ...
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List of people with surname Li This is a list of people with the surname Li (李). Lǐ is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is one of the most common surnames in China and the world, shared by more than 93 million people in China ...
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List of people with the Korean family name Lee Lee (리 or 이) is a family name among ethnic Koreans, with approximately 15% of all Koreans sharing the name. This is a list of notable people with the Korean name Lee, also transliterated as Yi, in South Korea and Ri, in North Korea; Yie, Rhe ...


Geography


United Kingdom

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Lee, Devon Berrynarbor (historically Berry Narbor, Berrie Nerbert, etc) is a village, civil parish and former manor in the North Devon district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 749, increasing to 802 at the ...
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Lee, Hampshire Lee is a hamlet and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 3.7 miles (4.5 km) north from the hamlet. Lee is home to the Mountbatten Gallery previously Lee church ...
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Lee, London Lee, also known as Lee Green, is an area of South East London, England, straddling the border of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is located northwest of Eltham and southeast of Lewisham. It is within the h ...
* Lee, Mull, a
location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...
in Argyll and Bute * Lee, Northumberland, a
location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...
* Lee, Shropshire, a
location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...
* Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire *
Lee District (Metropolis) Plumstead (1855–1894) and then Lee (1894–1900) was a local government district within the metropolitan area of London from 1855 to 1900. It was formed as the Plumstead district by the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and was governed ...
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The Lee The Lee (formally known as just Lee) is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about 2 mi north east of Great Missenden and 3 mi south east of Wendover. The Lee is also the name of a civil parish ...
, Buckinghamshire, parish and village name, formally known as Lee * River Lee - alternative name for River Lea


United States

* Lee, California * Lee, Florida * Lee, Illinois * Lee, Indiana * Lee, Maine * Lee, Massachusetts, a New England town ** Lee (CDP), Massachusetts, the central village in the town * Lee, Nevada * Lee, New Hampshire * Lee, New York, a town ** Lee (hamlet), New York, within the town of Lee *
Lees Station, Tennessee Lees Station (also Lee, Lees, or Let) is an unincorporated community in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 127 southwest of the city of Pikeville, the county seat of Bledsoe County.Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas ...
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Lee Peak Lee Peak () is a peak along the west side of Scott Glacier, north of Mount Denauro, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by ...
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Mount Lee Mount Lee is a peak in the Santa Monica Mountains, located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Hollywood Sign is located on its southern slope. History The original unnamed peak was one of the "three sisters" along with C ...
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Van Aken–Lee (RTA Rapid Transit station) A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across ...
(signed "Lee – Van Aken"), a station on the RTA Blue Line in Cleveland, Ohio *
Lee County (disambiguation) Lee County is the name of twelve counties in the United States: * Lee County, Alabama * Lee County, Arkansas * Lee County, Florida * Lee County, Georgia * Lee County, Illinois * Lee County, Iowa * Lee County, Kentucky * Lee County, Mississippi * Lee ...
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Lee Township (disambiguation) Lee Township may refer to: Canada * Lee Township, Ontario Arkansas * Lee Township, Boone County, Arkansas * Lee Township, Cleveland County, Arkansas, in Cleveland County, Arkansas * Lee Township, Johnson County, Arkansas, in Johnson County, Ar ...


Other countries

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Lée Lée () or Lee is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department ...
, France * Lee (Village) - Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, in India *
Electoral district of Lee Lee is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the women's suffrage campaigner Mary Lee, it is an 18.9 km² suburban electorate on Adelaide's north-western beaches, taking in the suburbs ...
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River Lee The River Lee (Irish: ''An Laoi'') is a river in Ireland. It rises in the Shehy Mountains on the western border of County Cork and flows eastwards through Cork, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's ...
, in Ireland * Lee (Vechte), a river of Germany, tributary of the Vechte


Enterprises

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Lee (jeans) Lee is an American brand of denim jeans, first produced in 1889 in Salina, Kansas. The company is owned by Kontoor Brands, a spin-off of VF Corporation's Jeanswear Division. Since 2019 its headquarters has been in Greensboro, North Carolina, r ...
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Lee Enterprises Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 77 daily newspapers in 26 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is b ...
(LEE on NYSE), publicly traded newspaper holding company including ''St. Louis Post Dispatch'' *
Lee Equity Partners Lee Equity Partners is an American private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries. The firm, which is based in New York City, was founded in 2006 by Thomas H. Lee, the notable p ...
, a private equity firm founded by Thomas H. Lee after leaving Thomas H. Lee Partners in 2006 *
Lee Filters Lee Filters is a manufacturer of colour filters and colour gels for the entertainment lighting, film and photography industries. Their colour gels for stage lighting are the industry standard in Europe while competing with other brands such as Ros ...
, a manufacturer of lighting filters * Lee University, a private liberal arts university in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States *
Thomas H. Lee Partners Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. is an American private equity firm based in Boston investing in middle market growth companies across financial technology and services, healthcare and technology & business solutions. History Founded in 1974 by ...
, a private equity firm founded by, but after 2006 not associated with, Thomas H. Lee * Lee Tires, a division of Goodyear


Art, entertainment, and media

* ''Lee'' (2007 film), a 2007 film * ''Lee'' (2017 film), a 2017 film * ''Lee'' (novel), a novel by Tito Perdue * "Lee", a 1973 single by
The Detroit Emeralds The Detroit Emeralds are an American R&B/soul vocal group, best known in the early 1970s. They enjoyed a run of successful records in the decade including their 1973 transatlantic hit single, " Feel the Need in Me". Career "The Emeralds" were ...


Other uses

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Tropical Storm Lee (2011) Tropical Storm Lee was the thirteenth named storm and fifteenth system overall of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, developing from a broad tropical disturbance over the gulf on September 1. It was designated as Tropical Storm Lee the next da ...
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Lee side Windward () and leeward () are terms used to describe the direction of the wind. Windward is ''upwind'' from the point of reference, i.e. towards the direction from which the wind is coming; leeward is ''downwind'' from the point of reference ...
, the side of a ship which is downwind, the side away from windward *
Lee wave In meteorology, lee waves are atmospheric stationary waves. The most common form is mountain waves, which are atmospheric internal gravity waves. These were discovered in 1933 by two German glider pilots, Hans Deutschmann and Wolf Hirth, above ...
, periodic change of pressure in a stream of air when the wind moves over mountains * M3 Lee, a medium tank used during World War II


See also

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LEA (disambiguation) Lea or LEA may refer to: Places Australia * Lea River, Tasmania, Australia * Lake Lea, Tasmania, from which the Lea River flows * RAAF Base Learmonth, IATA airport code "LEA" England * Lea, Cheshire, a civil parish * Lea, Derbyshire, a sett ...
* Leah (disambiguation) * Le (disambiguation) * LEE (disambiguation) * Lees (disambiguation) *
Lee's (disambiguation) Lee's may refer to: Companies * Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken, an American fried chicken restaurant chain * Lee's Sandwiches, a Vietnamese-American fast food restaurant chain Places * Lee's Ferry, a site along the Colorado River in Coconino County, ...
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Leigh (disambiguation) Leigh may refer to: Places In England Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan ** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) * Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced : * Leigh, Dorset * Leigh, Gloucestershire * Leigh, Kent * Leigh, Staffo ...
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Li (disambiguation) Li, li, or LI may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Landscape Institute, a British professional body for landscape architects * Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization located in Arlington, Virginia, US, that teaches "political te ...
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Ly (disambiguation) LY or ly may refer to: Government and politics * Libya (ISO 3166-1 country code LY) * Lý dynasty, a Vietnamese dynasty * Labour Youth of Ireland * Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Science and tech ...
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Justice Lee (disambiguation) Justice Lee may refer to: * Dan M. Lee (1926–2010), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi *George Hay Lee (1807–1873), associate justice of the Virginia Court of Appeals * Percy Mercer Lee (c. 1893–1969), justice and chief jus ...
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