Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name, latinized form of Leah.
  • proper noun An English surname, a variant of Lee.

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Examples

  • As Chicago-based industrial designer and self proclaimed master multi-tasker, Lea is most excited that her career has been riddled with such a variety of opportunities.

    Lea Bogdan | Inhabitat 2010

  • Margaret Lea is a young, repressed woman who lives in a bare room above her father's antiquarian bookshop.

    Book review Maxine 2009

  • "I really believed in Lea's talent because her talent was once in a lifetime."

    Lea Michele never stopped believing 2010

  • What's the building Darrell Lea is part of, I'm having a mind blank.

    Fave City Things zombietron 2009

  • Margaret Lea is a young, repressed woman who lives in a bare room above her father's antiquarian bookshop.

    7: The Thirteenth Tale Maxine 2008

  • Margaret Lea is a young, repressed woman who lives in a bare room above her father's antiquarian bookshop.

    7: The Thirteenth Tale Maxine 2008

  • Margaret Lea is a young, repressed woman who lives in a bare room above her father's antiquarian bookshop.

    August 2008 Maxine 2008

  • While Astrid was napping—that was how she had known something was wrong, she had started taking naps all the time—I called Lea.

    Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009

  • While Astrid was napping—that was how she had known something was wrong, she had started taking naps all the time—I called Lea.

    Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009

  • While Astrid was napping—that was how she had known something was wrong, she had started taking naps all the time—I called Lea.

    Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009

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