Meaning of Riley | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable
2. A surname from Irish of Irish origin, variant of Reilly.
   countable, uncountable
3. An English habitational surname from Old English, from Ryley in Lancashire (see Etymology above).
   countable, uncountable
4. A unisex given name.
   countable, uncountable
5. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
   countable, uncountable
6. A female given name from surname, of 1990s and later usage.
   countable, uncountable
7. A placename
   countable, uncountable
8. A town in Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
   countable, uncountable
9. A town in Center Township, Hancock County, Indiana, United States.
   countable, uncountable
10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Riley Township.
    countable, uncountable
11. A crater in Niobe Planitia, Venus.
    countable, uncountable
12. Ellipsis of Riley County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
13. Ellipsis of Riley Creek.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
14. A manufacturer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Ibarra also deprived Riley of oxygen long enough to cause wounds and “intended to kill her,” Ross said.”

“Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.””

“Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.”

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