Peel

See also: peel

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Peal, Peall

Proper noun

Peel (countable and uncountable, plural Peels)

1. (countable) A surname.
2. A placename:
   1. A town in the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2484).
   2. A former county in Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974.
   3. A regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, created in 1974.
   4. A region south of Perth, Western Australia.
3. (uncountable) Robert Peel, British Prime Minister.

Synonyms

• (regional municipality): Peel Region, Region of Peel, Regional Municipality of Peel

Derived terms

• Peeler, peeler (after Robert Peel)

Translations

the town

• Irish: Purt na hInse
• Manx: Purt ny h-Inshey

regional municipality

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 皮爾／皮尔 (pei⁴ ji⁵)

  Mandarin: 皮爾／皮尔 (Pí'ěr)

• French: Peel (fr) m

Further reading

• Peel, Isle of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Regional Municipality of Peel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Pele, leep

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːl

Proper noun

De Peel c

1. A region of the Netherlands located in Noord-Brabant and Limburg.

Anagrams

• leep, lepe

Saterland Frisian

n Peel (1).

n Poor Pele (2.1).

n Peel (2.2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːl/
• Hyphenation: Peel
• Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian pēl, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī. Cognates include West Frisian pel and German Pfühl. Doublet of Púul.

Noun

Peel m or n (plural Pele)

1. pillow

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian pēl, from Proto-West Germanic *pāli. Cognates include West Frisian peal and German Pfahl.

Noun

Peel m (plural Pele)

1. stake
2. pillory

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Peel”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN