Foley

proper nounattested in dialogue

United States//ˈfoʊli//

A surname from Irish.

proper noun

1
A surname from Irish.
Melissa Foley clears debris in her neighborhood as the San Lorenzo River rises in Felton on Saturday, January 14.
2
A city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
3
A city, the county seat of Benton County, Minnesota, United States.
4
A city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Foghladha (“descendant of Foghlaidh”), a byname from foghlaí (“plunderer, pillager, marauder, robber”).

Forms

plural: Foleys

folder · An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index…folding · Designed to fold foley · The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and…

Foley · A surname from Irish.

folk · People, persons.Folk · A surname.folks · The members of one's immediate family, especially one's…

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