Definitions

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  • proper noun An English surname.
  • proper noun An unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
  • proper noun A metronym for the Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters is located in Langley, Virginia.
  • proper noun A district municipality in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
  • proper noun A town in England.
  • proper noun A lunar crater located close to the northwestern limb of the Moon.

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  • noun unit of solar radiation
  • noun United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906)

Etymologies

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A habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English lang ("long") + lēah ("wood" or "glade").

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