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Story collection by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) are an anthology of twenty-four short stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer
The_Canterbury_Tales
1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sgt. John Sweet;
A_Canterbury_Tale
1972 Italian film by Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Canterbury Tales (Italian: I racconti di Canterbury) is a 1972 Italian medieval erotic black comedy film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini based on
The_Canterbury_Tales_(film)
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Knight's Tale" (Middle English: The Knightes Tale) is the first tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight is described by Chaucer
The_Knight's_Tale
Topics referred to by the same term
The Canterbury Tales is a 14th-century English collection of stories, mainly in verse, written by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales may also refer
The Canterbury Tales (disambiguation)
The_Canterbury_Tales_(disambiguation)
2001 film by Brian Helgeland
references and a soundtrack featuring 1970s music. The film takes its name from Chaucer's story "The Knight's Tale", part of The Canterbury Tales, and also
A_Knight's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" (Middle English: The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe) is among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It provides insight
The_Wife_of_Bath's_Tale
The Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer are the main characters in the framing narrative of the book. In addition, they can be considered
List of The Canterbury Tales characters
List_of_The_Canterbury_Tales_characters
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Parson's Tale" is the final tale of Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth-century poetic cycle The Canterbury Tales. Its teller, the Parson, is a virtuous priest
The_Parson's_Tale
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories, mostly in verse, written by Geoffrey Chaucer chiefly from 1387 to 1400. They are held together in a frame
Order_of_The_Canterbury_Tales
2003 British television series
Canterbury Tales is a series of six single dramas that originally aired on BBC One in 2003. Each story is an adaptation of one of Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century
Canterbury_Tales_(TV_series)
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Miller's Tale" (Middle English: The Milleres Tale) is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1380s–1390s), told by the drunken miller
The_Miller's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Pardoner's Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. In the order of the Tales, it comes after The Physician's Tale and before The
The_Pardoner's_Tale
British filmmaking duo
a writer-director-producer credit for most of their films. The best-known of these are The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Powell_and_Pressburger
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Merchant's Tale" (Middle English: The Marchantes Tale) is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. After a prologue where the Merchant laments
The_Merchant's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Franklin's Tale" (Middle English: The Frankeleyns Tale) is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It focuses on issues of providence, truth
The_Franklin's_Tale
Collection of stories by Harriet Lee and Sophia Lee
Canterbury Tales is a collection of short stories and novellas, written by Harriet Lee and Sophia Lee and published in five volumes from 1797 to 1805
Canterbury Tales (Harriet and Sophia Lee)
Canterbury_Tales_(Harriet_and_Sophia_Lee)
Part of the Canterbury Tales
Prioress's Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It follows "The Shipman's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales and is followed by "The Tale of Sir
The_Prioress's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Summoner's Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The tale is a fierce counterpunch to the preceding tale by the Friar, who had
The_Summoner's_Tale
1985 novel by Margaret Atwood
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, which is a series of connected stories (such as "The Merchant's Tale" and "The Parson's Tale"). It also alludes to
The_Handmaid's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Man of Law's Tale" is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387. John Gower's "Tale of Constance" in Confessio Amantis
The_Man_of_Law's_Tale
Pseudo-Chaucerian text
Plowman's Tale". In the mid-15th century a rhyme royal "Plowman's Tale" was added to the text of The Canterbury Tales in the Christ Church MS. This tale is actually
The_Plowman's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Cook's Tale" is one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It breaks off after 58 lines and was presumably never finished, although some scholars
The_Cook's_Tale
First part of "The Canterbury Tales"
Prologue" is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It introduces the frame story, in which a group of pilgrims travelling to the
General_Prologue
Cathedral city in Kent, England
Canterbury (/ˈkæntərbəri/ KAN-tər-bər-ee or /-bɛri/ -berr-ee) is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England;
Canterbury
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Clerk's Tale" is one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, told by the Clerk of Oxford, a student of what would nowadays be considered philosophy or theology
The_Clerk's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
narrative poem and one of The Canterbury Tales by Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in the 1390s, it is a beast fable and mock epic based
The_Nun's_Priest's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
Nun's Tale" (Middle English: Þe Seconde Nonnes Tale), written in late Middle English, is part of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Narrated by a nun
The_Second_Nun's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
Friar's Tale" (Middle English: The Freres Tale) is a story in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, told by Huberd the Friar. The story centers on a corrupt
The_Friar's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Physician's Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century. It adapts the tale of Verginia told by Livy in
The_Physician's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Reeve's Tale" is the third story told in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The reeve, named Oswald in the text, is the manager of a large estate
The_Reeve's_Tale
English progressive folk band (1971–1973)
2021. Spirogyra – A Canterbury Tale (2005, CD), retrieved 25 July 2021 Spirogyra – Children's Earth (2009, CD), retrieved 22 July 2021 "A Psychedelic Evening
Spirogyra_(band)
English writer (1343–1400)
1400) was an English poet, writer and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the 'father of English literature', or alternatively
Geoffrey_Chaucer
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Monk's Tale" is one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Monk's tale to the other pilgrims is a collection of 17 short stories, exempla
The_Monk's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canon and his Yeoman are not mentioned in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales,
The_Canon's_Yeoman's_Tale
American actor (1916–2011)
feature film A Canterbury Tale. Sweet was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After the movie, he went back to the United States and made a few attempts at
John_Sweet_(actor)
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Squire's Tale" is a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It is unfinished, because it is interrupted by the next story-teller, the Franklin
The_Squire's_Tale
English actress (1922–2016)
1940s and 1950s. She appeared in the Powell and Pressburger film, A Canterbury Tale (1944); she acted alongside her husband in the Boulting brothers'
Sheila_Sim
1989 novel by Dan Simmons
It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. A framing narrative serves as a means to present the tales of a group of pilgrims
Hyperion_(Simmons_novel)
Character in The Canterbury Tales
(Harry Bailly or Harry Bailey) is a character who plays a key role in and throughout Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. He is the owner of the Tabard
The_Host_(Canterbury_Tales)
Young adult novel by Adam Gidwitz
by The Canterbury Tales. It is set in medieval France and describes how three magical children meet each other and become outlaws. It was named a Newbery
The_Inquisitor's_Tale
2015 documentary film
Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (2015) is the third in a series of feature-length documentaries about Progressive rock written and directed by
Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales
Romantic_Warriors_III:_Canterbury_Tales
English merchant and printer (c. 1422–c. 1491)
set up a press at Westminster in 1476. Although the first book that he is known to have produced was an edition of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, he went
William_Caxton
1976 greatest hits album by Caravan
Canterbury Tales: The Best of Caravan is the 1976 compilation album released by Caravan. It was expanded, repackaged and released in 1994. Notes: "For
The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales
The_Best_of_Caravan_–_Canterbury_Tales
1964 musical
Canterbury Tales is a British musical based on Chaucer's fourteenth-century collection of stories published under the same title. The show was first given
Canterbury_Tales_(musical)
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Tale of Melibee" (also called "The Tale of Melibeus") is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. This is the second tale in the collection
The_Tale_of_Melibee
Ancient Greek moral anecdote
wears a crown"; compare the Hellenistic and Roman imagery connected with the insecurity offered by Tyche and Fortuna. In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey
Sword_of_Damocles
2004 book on evolution by Richard Dawkins & Yan Wong
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, in which pilgrims en route to Canterbury converge with other travelers and tell tales. Here, species convene
The_Ancestor's_Tale
Character in the Canterbury Tales
The Squire is a fictional character in the framing narrative of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He is squire to (and son of) the Knight and is the
The_Squire_(Canterbury_Tales)
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"Sir Thopas" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, published in 1387. The tale is one of two—together with The Tale of Melibee—told by the fictive
Sir_Thopas
Part of the Canterbury Tales
Tale" (also called "The Sailor's Tale") is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is in the form of a fabliau and tells the story of a merchant
The_Shipman's_Tale
Social class in late medieval/early modern England
the Canon and his yeoman so near to Canterbury is a device to prepare for the Parson's Tale, which is actually a sermon. Both interpretations place importance
Yeoman
2025 film by Danny Boyle
Daily Telegraph gave the film 5/5 stars, describing the film as a mix of A Canterbury Tale and Cannibal Holocaust. Ed Potton of The Times also gave it 5/5
28_Years_Later
1972 film by Joe D'Amato
More Sexy Canterbury Tales (also known as More Filthy Canterbury Tales; Italian: Sollazzevoli storie di mogli gaudenti e mariti penitenti - Decameron n°
More_Sexy_Canterbury_Tales
Anglo-Saxon senior official
grown old in service. "The Reeve's Tale" is the third story in The Canterbury Tales, in which Chaucer describes a highly efficient servant, impossible
Reeve_(England)
Film editing technique
as a weapon. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale (1944) is a predecessor for the 2001: A Space Odyssey match cut in which a fourteenth-century
Match_cut
Term applied to an individual
of an adjective, sluttish, referring to a man's untidy appearance) by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. From the late 20th century, there have
Slut
1907 mathematical puzzle book by Henry Dudeney
the characters from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Dudley, Underwood (September 16, 2015). "Review of The Canterbury Puzzles and Other Curious
The_Canterbury_Puzzles
15th century manuscript
Hengwrt Chaucer manuscript is an early-15th-century manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, held in the National Library of Wales, in Aberystwyth. It is an important
Hengwrt_Chaucer
Australian actress (1905–1972)
a maid or waitress. She had small parts in three early Powell and Pressburger films: The Spy in Black (1939), Contraband (1940) and A Canterbury Tale
Esma_Cannon
English actor (1901–1969)
Escape to Danger (1943), then was back with Powell and Pressburger for A Canterbury Tale (1944). Portman had the lead in Great Day (1945) with Flora Robson
Eric_Portman
Person engaging in deceptive practices
through pretense or deception. One example of a charlatan appears in the Canterbury Tales story "The Pardoner's Tale," with the Pardoner who tricks sinners into
Charlatan
To Have And Have Not, Going My Way, Henry V, Arsenic and Old Lace, A Canterbury Tale, Casanova Brown, Hail the Conquering Hero, House of Frankenstein,
List_of_years_in_film
English actor (born 1950)
(1969), Alfred the Great (1969), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and The Canterbury Tales (1972), the horror films Tower of Evil (1972), The Flesh and Blood
Robin_Askwith
English actress (1907–1990)
Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale, Laurence Olivier's Henry V (both 1944) and David Lean's Great Expectations (1946). In July 1945 she scored a personal success
Freda_Jackson
English actor (1906–1987)
the roles of the village idiot and the "Seven Sisters Soldier" in A Canterbury Tale (1944), also adding the voice-over reading of Chaucer. His major breakthrough
Esmond_Knight
Impact on English poet and writer
The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, such as the Canterbury Tales, frequently borrow from the works of the Italian humanists Petrarch and Boccaccio. For centuries
Influence of Italian humanism on Chaucer
Influence_of_Italian_humanism_on_Chaucer
ondervonge his zaule huanne þet he is dyad. Amen. The beginning of The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories in poetry and prose written in the London dialect
History_of_English
Shield- or armour-bearer of a knight
Craig (2014). Historians on Chaucer: The ‘General Prologue’ to the Canterbury Tales. p. 63-76. Retrieved 7 February 2025. "Squire". Merriam-Webster. Cross
Squire
Church in Kent, England
Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide
Canterbury_Cathedral
English literary scholar (1899–1980)
known especially for his modern-English version of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He was an associate of the literary discussion group the "Inklings"
Nevill_Coghill
Form of poetry that tells a story
narratives are collected into interrelated groups, as with Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. So sagas include both incidental poetry and the biographies of poets
Narrative_poetry
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Manciple's Tale" is part of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It tends to appear near the end of most manuscripts of the poem, and the prologue
The_Manciple's_Tale
Spurious fifteenth century additions to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
The Prologue and Tale of Beryn are spurious fifteenth century additions to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. They are both written in Middle English
Prologue_and_Tale_of_Beryn
Book by Peter Ackroyd
a secret society of religious fundamentalists, known to history as Lollards. The story is oriented similar to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
The_Clerkenwell_Tales
Middle English romance (c. 1350)
most likely just signifies a type of boundary. Although The Tale of Gamelyn is included among Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in two early manuscripts
The_Tale_of_Gamelyn
14th-century collection of stories by Giovanni Boccaccio
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales), it provides a document of life at the time. Written in the vernacular of the Florentine language, it is considered a masterpiece
The_Decameron
Genre of fiction about fiction
use can be traced back to much earlier works of fiction, such as The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer, 1387), Don Quixote Part Two (Miguel de Cervantes
Metafiction
British actor (1916–1975)
Dawn (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), The Seventh Veil (1945), It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) and Passport to Pimlico (1949). He was also a singer, and
John_Slater_(actor)
American actress (1949–2023)
Franju and André Hunebelle. In 1972, she had a featured role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Canterbury Tales (1972) as May, the adulterous wife of the elderly
Josephine_Chaplin
English film director (1905–1990)
directed a series of classic British films, notably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter
Michael_Powell
Gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England
The Westgate is a medieval gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England. This 60-foot (18 m) high western gate of the city wall is the largest surviving city
Westgate,_Canterbury
15th-century illuminated manuscript of the Canterbury Tales
Ellesmere Manuscript of the Canterbury Tales, is an early 15th-century illuminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, owned by the Huntington
Ellesmere_Chaucer
British actress (born 1976)
series Spooks. In 2003, she appeared in the BBC's re-telling of The Canterbury Tales. In 2006, Hawes replaced Jonell Elliott as the voice of Lara Croft
Keeley_Hawes
In the UK, a seller of small sewing articles; in the US, a retailer of men's clothing
to dress, as thread, tape, ribbons, etc. "The British Library, The Canterbury Tales, Caxton's first edition". Molcat1.bl.uk. Archived from the original
Haberdasher
British actress and film director
appeared in several BAFTA-award winning series, including Buried (2003), Canterbury Tales (2003), The Bill and Holby City. She has also appeared in Black Narcissus
Karen_Bryson
American actress, dancer, and singer
Chicago. She was nominated for a Tony Award three times: in 1969, for Featured Actress (Musical) for Canterbury Tales, in 1971, as Best Actress (Musical)
Sandy_Duncan
English comic actor and theatre director (1914–1988)
Art (uncredited) Bell-Bottom George (1943) as BBC man (uncredited) A Canterbury Tale (1944) as Thomas Duckett Meet Me at Dawn (1947) as reporter at the
Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)
Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1914)
and published in 1700. Palamon and Arcite is a translation of The Knight's Tale from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Although the plot line is
Palamon_and_Arcite
English language during the Middle Ages
14th century, a new style of literature emerged with the works of writers including John Wycliffe and Geoffrey Chaucer, whose Canterbury Tales remains the
Middle_English
1974 film by Pier Paolo Pasolini
the tale Ali Shar and Zumurrud. It is the last of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", which began with The Decameron and continued with The Canterbury Tales. The
Arabian_Nights_(1974_film)
English actress and former singer (born 1982)
modern day in a similar manner to the Canterbury Tales (2003) series in which she featured, with Hero now being a weather presenter in a television station
Billie_Piper
British actor (born 1972)
Miller appeared in the BBC modernisation of The Canterbury Tales in the episode The Pardoner's Tale and had a starring role as Lord Byron in the television
Jonny_Lee_Miller
Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)
religious characters in The Canterbury Tales are shown as pious but amorally grasping fools) were an effort at representing a state of natural sexual innocence
Pier_Paolo_Pasolini
British actress (born 1950)
performer, for her roles in My Beautiful Son (2001), Murder (2002), The Canterbury Tales (2003), and Mo (2010). Walters and Helen Mirren are the only actresses
Julie_Walters
Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of. Dead Men Tell New Tales: Re-Imagineering the Attractions (DVD). Buena Vista. 2006. "'The Sandman:
Bill Nighy on screen and stage
Bill_Nighy_on_screen_and_stage
15th-century English poem
The Wife of Bath's Tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and the later ballad The Marriage of Sir Gawain is essentially a retelling, though
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle
The_Wedding_of_Sir_Gawain_and_Dame_Ragnelle
Opera
written by Percy MacKaye, is loosely based on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Place: England. Time: April, 1387. The story has to do with the merry
The Canterbury Pilgrims (De Koven)
The_Canterbury_Pilgrims_(De_Koven)
Archetypal woman who transforms from ugly to beautiful
index), is a tale type commonly used in medieval literature, most famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale. The motif is that of a woman who
Loathly_lady
1945 film by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
instead they make a film that was part of the "crusade against materialism", a theme they had tackled in A Canterbury Tale, only in a more accessible romantic
I_Know_Where_I'm_Going!
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Slovene
Slovene form of Greek Hagne, NEŽA means "chaste; holy."
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Spanish
Spanish form of Greek Sophia, SOFÃA means "wisdom."
Female
Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish PÃo, PÃA means "pious."
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Polish
Feminine form of Polish LudmiÅ‚, LUDMIÅA means "people's favor."
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English
English : variant of Atterberry.
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Shakespearean
King Henry V' Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Icelandic
Feminine form of Icelandic Stefán, STEFANÃA means "crown."
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Thai/Siamese
Thai name A-WUT means "weapon."
Surname or Lastname
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English : habitational name of uncertain origin; perhaps from Waterperry in Oxfordshire, which is named with Old English pyrige ‘pear tree’, to which was later added Middle English water to distinguish it from nearby Woodperry.
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Swedish
Short form of Swedish Linnéa, NÉA means "twinflower."
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Egyptian
, a royal lady of the IIIrd or IVth dynasty.
Female
Spanish
Spanish form of Roman Latin Lucia, LUCÃA means "light."Â
Female
Polish
Feminine form of Polish BogumiÅ‚, BOGUMIÅA means "God-favor."
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Polish
Feminine form of Polish RadomiÅ‚, RADOMIÅA means "happy favor."
Female
Thai/Siamese
Thai name A-GUN means "grape."
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Portuguese
Galician-Portuguese form of Hebrew Leah, LÃA means "weary."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Canterbury in Kent, named in Old English as Cantwaraburg ‘fortified town (burgh) of the people (wara) of Kent’.
Female
Portuguese
Portuguese name GRAÇA means "graceful."
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Swedish
Swedish form of Latin Linnaea, LINNÉA means "twin flower."
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French
French form of Hebrew Leah, LÉA means "weary."
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