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stanley

/stˈænli/noun2 syllables

Stanley means: Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904).

Synonyms for stanley4

noun, as in Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)

Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands

noun, as in United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)

Francis Edgar Stanley

What does stanley mean?2

noun

1

Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)

2

United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with stanley?1

two syllables

manly
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Stanley in a sentence

  • Stanley built his fortune smuggling luxury goods from Macau to China.Hybrid
  • Mount Stanley is the highest mountain in Uganda.Proxima5
  • Do you think the Stars can win the Stanley Cup this year?ajaystxus
  • Stanley Kubrick was an American film director.Amastan

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