BLAY

Proper noun

Blay (plural Blays)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blay is the 21320th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1229 individuals. Blay is most common among White (69.89%) and Black/African American (17.33%) individuals.

Anagrams

• -ably, Alby, ably

Etymology

Noun

blay (plural blays)

The bleak (fish).

Anagrams

• -ably, Alby, ably

Source: Wiktionary


Blay, n. Etym: [AS. bl, fr. bl, bleak, white; akin to Icel. bleikja, OHG. bleicha, G. bleihe. See Bleak, n. & a.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A fish. See Bleak, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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