Hales

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English form of halh (“hollow, nook”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heɪlz/
• Homophone: hails

Proper noun

Hales

1. A topographic surname from Old English
2. A village in Norfolk, England
3. A village in Staffordshire, England

Anagrams

• Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, halse, heals, leash, selah, shale, sheal

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈha.les/, [ˈhäɫ̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.les/, [ˈäːles]

Proper noun

Hales m sg (genitive Halētis); third declension

1. A river in Lucania, now the Alento

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hales
Genitive	Halētis
Dative	Halētī
Accusative	Halētem
Ablative	Halēte
Vocative	Hales

References

• Hales in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Hales”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly