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Bree
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bree breé breë
English
Pronunciation
en bree Brie
Etymology 1
Shortened.
Proper noun
en female Breanna,Breyon.
en 400 First Kisses We both knew Cypress had been around the block a few times. He had been a serious manwhore and only got his shit together when he found Bree. 2017 E. L. Todd 65 9781386387923 https://archive.org/details/400firstkisses0000todd/page/65/mode/1up Hartwick Publishing New York, NY.
Etymology 2
Reduced Anglicized form of en ga Ó Breaghaigh. This surname is also borrowed from en nl Bree.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bree is the 34110th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 666 individuals. Bree is most common among White (87.69%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en beer Beer Eber Erbe Reeb be-er beer bere eber reeb
en surnames from Dutch surnames from Irish
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as britte in 1007. Etymology nl 1. Potentially derived from gem-pro *brida plank, board suffixed with the locative suffix gem-pro *-ja-.
Pronunciation
nl /breː/
nl Nl-Bree.ogg
nl Bree
nl eː 1
Proper noun
n
nl city/and/municipality c/Belgium
nl Beek Gerdingen Opitter Tongerlo
Derived terms
nl Breeënaar
nl Brees
Limburgish
li:
Etymology
Potentially derived from li gem-pro *brida plank, board suffixed with the locative suffix gem-pro *-ja-. Compare nl Bree and nl Maasbree.
Pronunciation
li /bʁeː/
li eː 1
Proper noun
li proper noun n li Veldeke
li village/and/former municipality mun/Peel en Maas p/Limburg c/Netherlands
li Pieël en Maas