Emery

See also: emery

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Etymology

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛm(ə)ɹi/

Proper noun

Emery

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.
  4. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
    2. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
    3. An unincorporated community in Northfield Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
    4. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
    5. A ghost town in Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
    6. A minor city in Hanson County, South Dakota.
    7. A town in Emery County, Utah.
    8. A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
  5. Synonym of Humbermede, Toronto, Canada.

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