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Gary
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gary
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ/ RP
en GA
en /ˈɡæɹ.i/ nMmmm
en en-us-Gary.ogg New England
en /ˈɡɛɹ.i/ /ˈɡeɹ.i/ Mmmm
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-Gary.wav Connecticut
en æɹi ɛɹi 2
en Ga ry
en gari Garie Garre garri Garrie garry Garry ghari gharri gharry ; Gehry<a:Mmmm> Gerrie Gerry
Etymology 1
Medieval short form of en gem - compound names beginning with gari or geri ("spear"), such as en Gerard, en Garrett, en Gerald or en Gerbert. Cognate with the Scottish and ga - name en Garaidh. Sometimes also a short form of en Gareth.
The popularity of the given name in the 20th century is due to the Q93957, whose stage name was invented by his agent, a native of Gary, Indiana.
Proper noun
~ s
en male Germanic languages from the 1940s to the 1970s Garry.
en 1930 w:Irving Berlin Puttin' On The Ritz Dressed up like a million dollar trooper / Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
en 1964 Anne Tyler If Morning Ever Comes Severn House 1983 52 "Gary's an awful name. Whatever he's like. It reminds me of a G.I. man with a crew cut, and 'Mom' tattooed on his chest, and lots of pin-up pictures on his wall."
en 2016-09-29 Josh Lederman; Patrick Mairs https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/brain-freeze-gary-johnson-cant-name-favorite-world-leader Brain freeze? Gary Johnson can’t name favorite world leader w:PBS NewsHour w:Associated Press Call it a brain freeze, another “Aleppo moment,” or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308172214/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/brain-freeze-gary-johnson-cant-name-favorite-world-leader
en Middle English < patronymics Garry.
en numerous places c/USA:
en city co/Lake County s/Indiana, named after Q5353709.
en 1957-12-19 w:Meredith Willson Gary, Indiana w:The Music Man Gary, Indiana! ¶ What a wonderful name ¶ Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame ¶ Gary, Indiana, as a Shakespeare would say ¶ Trips along softly on the tongue this way--
en neighbourhood city/Tampa s/Florida.
en ucomm co/Howard County s/Maryland.
en minor city co/Norman County s/Minnesota, named after Garrett L. Thorpe.
en city co/Deuel County s/South Dakota.
en minor city co/McDowell County s/West Virginia, named after Q5353709.
en @ellipsis of:Gary City.
Derived terms
en garyansellite Gary City Gary Glitter Gary Stu McGary
Descendants
ceb Gary 1
tl Gary 1
Translations
male given name
Arabic: ar غَارِي
Cebuano: ceb Gary
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn ^加里, cmn ^賈利
Hebrew: he גרי m
Japanese: ja ガリー, ja ギャリー, ja ゲイリー, ja ゲーリー
Korean: ko ^게리, ko ^개리
Russian: ru Гэ́ри m, ru Га́ри m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Гери m
Latin: sh Gary m, sh Geri m
Tagalog: tl Gary
Ukrainian: uk Ге́рі m
Etymology 2
en Gary Glitter.
Noun
s
en Gary Glitter anus.
en He did him up the Gary, he did.
Further reading
Anagrams
en agry Yarg ragy Gray gyra gray yarg
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :ubor en:Gary + 1
Pronunciation
gari
ceb Ga ry
Proper noun
gari
ceb male English < Germanic languages
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :ubor en:Gary + 1
Pronunciation
+,Gery
Proper noun
+,Gery
tl male English < Germanic languages