Hardy
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See also: hardy
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English Hearda + īeġ (“island, dry land in a marsh”).
Proper noun
Hardy
- (historical) A former town in Manchester, England, now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
- As an English, Scottish, and French surname, from Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
- As an Irish surname, via mac giolla deacair (“son of the hard lad”) as a calque of the above.
- Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Hardie.
Proper noun
Hardy
- A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person.
- Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
- A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Grenada County, Mississippi.
- A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana.
- A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
- A township in Holmes County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia.
- A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
- A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A locality east of Peterborough, South Australia.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Hardy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Etymology
Short form of Germanic compound names beginning or ending with Hart-, -hard "hard". Compare the adjective hård.
Proper noun
Hardy
- a male given name
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