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Burleigh

American  
[bur-lee] / ˈbɜr li /

noun

  1. 1st Baron. Cecil, William.

  2. Henry Thacker 1866–1949, U.S. singer: early collector and arranger of spirituals.

  3. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “hill” and “field.”


Burleigh British  
/ ˈbɜːlɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Burghley

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He formed Ambrosia in 1970 with Puerta on bass, singer and guitarist David Pack and drummer Burleigh Drummond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

From the road, the houses on Burleigh Street look like normal west of Scotland homes.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

Leading the initiative is Steve Bakken, a Burleigh County commissioner and former Bismarck mayor who said he has never smoked marijuana and never will.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

And Burleigh who joined Unguryan in submitting Antoniuk’s name for the 2018 breakfast.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

They were as motionless as Lord Burleigh is said to have been at Queen Elizabeth’s councils, or as a sleek cat who faces the mouse- hole secretly—a presence, a concentration.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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