Wylie is an English name meaning "well-watered meadow", and may also refer to:
People
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Wylie (surname) Wylie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Wylie, (born 1984), American actor, singer and performer
* Alexander Wylie (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alison Wylie, Canadian feminist philosopher of science at the Univer ...
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Wylie (Australian explorer)
Wylie (c. 1825 – ?) was an indigenous Australian originally from the King George Sound tribe around Albany in Western Australia. He accompanied Edward John Eyre to Adelaide by sea in May 1840, and would have left with Eyre on his expedition ...
, Aboriginal companion of Edward John Eyre during his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in Australia
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Wylie Breckenridge (1903–1991), rugby union player who represented Australia
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Wylie Gibbs
Wylie Talbot Gibbs (born 26 July 1922) is an Australian former surgeon and politician. He served in the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1969, representing the Liberal Party.
Early life
Gibbs grew up in Ipswich, Queensland, where his fath ...
(born 1922), Australian politician
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Wylie Cameron Grant (1879–1968), American tennis champion
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Wylie Human
Wylie Human (born 26 February 1979) is a South African rugby union winger. He has played for several Super Rugby teams including the Stormers, the Sharks and the Lions. He has also played for Bath and Northampton Saints, and is currently ply ...
(born 1979), South African rugby union winger
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Wylie Stateman
Wylie Stateman (born November 20, 1957) is an American sound director, supervising sound editor, sound designer, and post production media entrepreneur. Stateman has supervised over 150 sound projects, resulting in 9 Academy Award nominations, 6 B ...
, American supervising sound editor
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Wylie Sypher
Feltus Wylie Sypher (December 12, 1905 – August 1987) was an American non-fiction writer and professor.
Sypher was born in Mount Kisco, New York to Harry Wylie Sypher and Martha Berry. He graduated from Amherst College in 1927. He received a ...
(1905–1987), American non-fiction writer and professor
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Wylie Watson
Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) was a British actor. Among his best-known roles were those of "Mr Memory", an amazing man who commits "50 new facts to his memory every day" in Alfred Hitchcock's film ' ...
(1889–1966), British actor
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Wylie G. Woodruff
Wylie Glidden Woodruff (March 4, 1866 – June 21, 1930) was an American football player and coach. He played guard at the University of Pennsylvania under his older brother, George Washington Woodruff. He was selected to the 1896 College Footbal ...
(1866–1930), American football player and coach
Fictional characters
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Wile E. Coyote
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons, first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical cartoon short ''Fast and Furry-ous''. In each episode, t ...
, a cartoon character whose name sounds similar to "Wily"
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Wylie Burp
''Fievel's American Tails'' is an animated television series, produced by Amblimation, Nelvana, and Universal Cartoon Studios. It aired on CBS for one season in 1992, and continued Fievel's adventures from the film '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes ...
, a character from the film ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West''
* Wylie Endal, a character from ''
Keeper Of The Lost Cities
''Keeper of the Lost Cities '' is an upper- middle-grade fantasy series by Shannon Messenger that has appeared on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list for a total of ten weeks. The first book in the series was an Association for Library Servic ...
'' by
Shannon Messenger
Shannon Messenger is an American author. She writes the middle-grade series ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'', which was a ''New York Times'' bestseller; ''Unlocked'', book 8.5 in the series, reached number 8 on USA Today's list in 2020. She also w ...
Places
United States
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Lake Wylie, South Carolina
Lake Wylie is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,841 at the 2010 census. Lake Wylie is located on a peninsula along the shore of Lake Wylie, a reservoir that was named for Dr. W. Gi ...
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Wylie Township, Minnesota
Wylie Township is a township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 72 at the 2000 census.
History
Wylie Township was named for a pioneer settler.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has ...
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Wylie, Texas
Wylie is a city and northeastern suburb of Dallas, that was once solely located in Collin County, Texas, Collin County, but now extends into neighboring Dallas County, Texas, Dallas and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties in the U.S. state o ...
, a city located primarily within Collin County
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Wylie, Taylor County, Texas
Wylie is a community in Taylor County, Texas, Taylor County, Texas, United States. The once predominantly rural area has developed into a thriving suburbanization, suburban bedroom community as the city of Abilene, Texas, Abilene expanded in the l ...
, an unincorporated community largely in the city limits of Abilene
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Wylie Island
Wylie Island is a bar island on the New River in Summers County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
, a bar island on the New River in Summers County, West Virginia
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Lake Wylie
Lake Wylie is a reservoir or man-made lake in the U.S. states of South Carolina and North Carolina. The lake has a surface area of 13,400 acres (54.2 km2) (20.9 mi2) (5420 ha) and features of shoreline.
History
The man-made lake was first form ...
, a reservoir, or man-made lake in the U.S. states of both South Carolina and North Carolina
Elsewhere
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Wylie Bay
Wylie Bay () is a bay 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, lying between Cape Monaco and Norsel Point on the southwest coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–190 ...
, a bay 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, lying between Cape Monaco and Norsel Point on the southwest coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
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Wylie Ridge Wylie Ridge () is a ridge that extends westward from Meier Peak in the Admiralty Mountains. It parallels the north side of Massey Glacier for 6 nautical miles (11 km) and terminates at Man-o-War Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological ...
, a ridge that extends westward from Meier Peak in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica
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Wylie, Ontario, a municipality in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County
Other
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Wylie transliteration
Wylie transliteration is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English-language typewriter. The system is named for the American scholar Turrell V. Wylie, who created the system and published i ...
for Tibetan script
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Wylie House Museum
Wylie House is a historic structure built in 1835 and located in Bloomington, Indiana. It was home of Andrew Wylie, first president of Indiana University, until his death in 1851. In 1859, following the death of Andrew's widow Margaret, Theop ...
a historic house museum of Indiana University's first president Andrew Wylie, in Bloomington, IN
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Lazard Carnegie Wylie Lazard Carnegie Wylie is a boutique investment bank that advises on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, initial public offerings and related transactions. The firm was founded in 2000 by John Wylie and Mark Carnegie. In July 2007, Carnegie, ...
, a boutique investment bank that advises in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, initial public offerings and related transactions
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Wylie Mansion
The Wylie Mansion was an American mansion which once stood at 10 Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C.
Believed to have been built in 1843, it stood on the northeast section of the circle for over 100 years until a fire destroyed a significant porti ...
, an American mansion which once stood at 10 Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C
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Wylie School
The Wylie School is a historic school building at Ekonk Hill Road and Wylie School Road in Voluntown, Connecticut.Built in 1856, this school was used by the town until 1939, and is its only surviving district school building. It is now used as a ...
, a historic school building at Ekonk Hill Road and Wylie School Road in Voluntown, Connecticut
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Wiley (disambiguation)
Wiley may refer to:
Locations
* Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town
*Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S.
* Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany
People
* Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer
* Wiley Mill ...
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Whiley Whiley is the surname of:
* Manning Whiley (1915–1975), British actor
* Richard Whiley (born 1935), English cricketer
* Jo Whiley (born 1965), English DJ
* Matthew Whiley (born 1980), English cricketer
* Jordanne Whiley (born 1992), British wheel ...
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Wily (disambiguation) Wily or WILY could refer to:
Computing and technology
*Wily (text editor), a text editor for Unix computer systems
*Wily Technology, American software company
* Ubuntu 15.10, the version of Ubuntu released in October 2015 with code name Wily Werewo ...
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Wylie (disambiguation)
Wylie is an English name meaning "well-watered meadow", and may also refer to:
People
* Wylie (surname)
* Wylie (Australian explorer), Aboriginal companion of Edward John Eyre during his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in Australia
* Wylie Breck ...
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Wyllie
Wyllie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adrian Wyllie (born 1970), American political activist, radio personality, and investigative journalist
* Alex Wyllie (born 1944), New Zealand rugby union player and coach
* Andrew W ...
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Willey (disambiguation) Willey may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Willey, Herefordshire, a civil parish of Herefordshire
* Willey, Shropshire, a village in Shropshire
* Willey, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish of Warwickshire
* Hundred of Willey, a hundred of B ...
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Wylye (disambiguation) Wylye is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.
Wylye may also refer to:
* Wylye railway station, serving the village
* River Wylye, Wiltshire, England
See also
* Wiley (disambiguation)
* Wily (disambiguation)
* Wylie (disambiguation)
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Wyle (disambiguation) Wyle or WYLE may refer to:
* WYLE (FM), a radio station (95.1 FM) licensed to serve Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States
*WYLE (TV), commercial television station in Florence, Alabama
*Wyle Laboratories, provider of specialized engineering, scie ...
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Wyly Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Michael Wyly, Colonel in the U.S. Marines
*Sam Wyly, American businessman
*Charles Wyly (1930-2011) American businessman
*L. D. Wyly, American scientist
See also
*Dee and Charles Wyl ...
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Alexander Wylie (disambiguation)
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Andrew Wylie (disambiguation) Andrew Wylie may refer to:
* Andrew Wylie (footballer), manager of Reading Football Club, England between 1926 and 1931
*Andrew Wylie (college president) (1789–1851), first president of Indiana University
* Andrew Wylie (judge) (1814–1905), US ...
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John Wylie (disambiguation) John Wylie may refer to:
* John Wylie (actor) (died 2004/1925–2004), American actor
*John Wylie (businessman) (born 1961), Australian investment banker
* John Wylie (footballer, born 1854) (1854–1924), English amateur footballer
* John Wylie (fo ...
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Wylie High School (disambiguation)
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David Wylie (disambiguation)
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George Wylie (disambiguation)
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