DEE

Proper noun

Dee

A river in Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen.

A river in Wales and England that flows about 113 km (70 mi) from Snowdonia to the Irish Sea near Liverpool.

A female given name, short for names beginning with D.

A surname of multiple origins.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dee is the 5,535th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6,275 individuals. Dee is most common among White (72.48%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.20%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Ede

Verb

dee (third-person singular simple present diz, present participle deein, simple past and past participle dyun)

(Northumbria) To do.

Noun

dee (plural dees)

The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.

(colloquial) Police detective.

Anagrams

• Ede

Source: Wiktionary



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