Ely

American  

[ee-lee, ee-lahy] / ˈi li, ˈi laɪ /

noun

1. Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.

2. a town on this island: medieval cathedral.

3. a male given name.

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Ely British  

/ ˈiːlɪ /

noun

1. a cathedral city in E England, in E Cambridgeshire on the River Ouse. Pop: 13 954 (2001)

2. a former county of E England, part of Cambridgeshire since 1965

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Example Sentences

Born in Dunham, Ky., in 1944, Stewart began singing in church and at school talent shows as a child, absorbing the gospel sounds of singers such as Brother Claude Ely on 45 rpm records.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ely Mason had a double and single.

From Los Angeles Times

Davies, works with the Taff Ely Foodbank and runs a support group for families struggling with addiction, health and cost of living pressures.

From BBC

Only Charlotte Cane, the Liberal Democrat MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, was willing to speak on camera.

From BBC

A program note from dramaturg Ely Sonny Orquiza, attuned to the sensitivities of the large Filipino diaspora in Los Angeles, notes that the production, “featuring an all-Filipino cast and majority-AAPI creative team, is not intended as a definitive or comprehensive history, but as an entry point for dialogue and inquiry.”

From Los Angeles Times