de Lesseps

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(asteroid): Named after French diplomat Jean-Baptiste de Lesseps by astronomer E. W. Elst.

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de Lesseps

  1. An asteroid in Main Belt, Solar System, discovered in 1996 at La Silla by E. W. Elst.

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From French de Lesseps.

Proper noun[edit]

de Lesseps (plural de Lesseps or de Lessepses)

  1. A surname from French.

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French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From de +‎ Lesseps. From ennoblement of the Lesseps family.

Proper noun[edit]

de Lesseps ?

  1. a surname, de Lesseps
  2. De Lesseps: A placename
    1. Ellipsis of lac de Lesseps.; De Lesseps Lake (a lake in Ontario, Canada)
    2. Ellipsis of rivière de Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)

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  • English: de Lesseps
  • Spanish: de Lesseps