Stanley

American  

[stan-lee] / ˈstæn li /

noun

1. Arthur Penrhyn Dean Stanley, 1815–81, English clergyman and author.

2. Edward George Geoffrey Smith, 14th Earl of Derby, 1799–1869, British statesman: prime minister 1852, 1858–59, 1866–68.

3. Francis Edgar, 1849–1918, and his twin brother Freelan 1849–1940, U.S. inventors and manufacturers: developed steam-powered car.

4. Sir Henry Morton, John Rowlands, 1841–1904, British journalist and explorer in Africa: led successful search for David Livingstone.

5. Wendell M(eredith), 1904–71, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.

6. the capital and principal harbor of the Falkland Islands, in the eastern part.

7. Mount Stanley, former name of Mount Ngaliema.

8. a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a placename meaning “stone field.”

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Stanley ¹ British  

/ ˈstænlɪ /

noun

1. the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop: 1989 (2001)

2. a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop: 19 072 (2001)

3. Congolese name: Ngaliema Mountain.  a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)

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Stanley ² British  

/ ˈstænlɪ /

noun

1. Sir Henry Morton . 1841–1904, British explorer and journalist, who led an expedition to Africa in search of Livingstone, whom he found on Nov 10, 1871. He led three further expeditions in Africa (1874–77; 1879–84; 1887–89) and was instrumental in securing Belgian sovereignty over the Congo Free State

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Example Sentences

Last year's winner was open-air attraction Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, based near Stanley in County Durham.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Andrew Slimmon, a senior portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley, said that it’s useful for investors to understand the so-called “Magnificent Seven” and the effect they have on the market whenever discussing market breadth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 19, 2026

In each of the last four seasons, the Kings have opened the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

It features the same cast as the 2006 movie—the aforementioned Hathaway and Streep, plus co-stars Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci—the same writer, Aline Brosh McKenna, and the same director, David Frankel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

If Chrysler went bankrupt, its bondholders obviously lost; depending on the nature of the swap, and the movement of interest rates, Morgan Stanley might lose, too.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis