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Stanley
[ stan-lee ]
noun
- Arthur Pen·rhyn [pen, -rin], Dean Stanley, 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- Edward George Geoffrey Smith, 14th Earl of Derby, 1799–1869, British statesman: prime minister 1852, 1858–59, 1866–68.
- Francis Edgar, 1849–1918, and his twin brother · [free, -l, uh, n], 1849–1940, U.S. inventors and manufacturers: developed steam-powered car.
- Sir Henry Morton, John Rowlands, 1841–1904, British journalist and explorer in Africa: led successful search for David Livingstone.
- Wendell M(eredith), 1904–71, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.
- the capital and principal harbor of the Falkland Islands, in the eastern part.
- Mount Stanley, former name of Mount Ngaliema.
- a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a placename meaning “stone field.”
Stanley
1/ ˈæԱɪ /
noun
- the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop: 1989 (2001)
- a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop: 19 072 (2001)
- Mount Stanleya 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) Congolese nameNgaliema Mountain
Stanley
2/ ˈæԱɪ /
noun
- StanleySir Henry Morton18411904MBritishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorerWRITING: journalist 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
Example Sentences
Remember the Stanley commuter mug that caused a frenzy last year?
Barry Dawson died when he was shot through a downstairs front window of his terraced house in Elm Street in Stanley on Saturday afternoon.
Among others weighing in on the tariffs was Stanley Druckenmiller, a revered investment manager who once worked for progressive philanthropist George Soros, and was once the mentor and boss of Scott Bessant, Trump’s treasury secretary.
Barry Dawson, 60, was shot in his Elm Street home in Stanley, County Durham, on Saturday and died at the scene.
As has been widely reported, historian Timothy Snyder and philosopher Jason Stanley have both decided to leave Yale University and move to Canada where they have accepted professorships at the University of Toronto.
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