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 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

The carrier was “too hierarchical, way too bureaucratic, way too process-oriented as opposed to outcomes-oriented,” Schulman told investors at a Morgan Stanley event last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Hubler and a trader at Merrill Lynch argued back and forth about a possible purchase by Morgan Stanley, from Merrill Lynch, of $2 billion in triple-A CDOs.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis