Hardy

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːdi/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹdi/ Rhymes: -iː === Etymology 1 === From Old English *Hearda + īeġ (“island, dry land in a marsh”). ==== Proper noun ==== Hardy (historical) A former town in Manchester, England, now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy. ===== Derived terms ===== Chorlton-cum-Hardy === Etymology 2 === As an English, Scottish, and French surname, from Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”). As an Irish surname, via mac giolla deacair (“son of the hard lad”) as a calque of the above. Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Hardie. ==== Proper noun ==== Hardy (plural Hardies or Hardys) A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet. A male given name transferred from the surname. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa. An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky. An unincorporated community in Grenada County, Mississippi. A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana. A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska. A township in Holmes County, Ohio. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia. A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada. A locality east of Peterborough, South Australia. ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “Hardy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Hydra, hydra == Danish == === Etymology === Short form of Germanic compound names beginning or ending with Hart-, -hard "hard". Compare the adjective hård. === Proper noun === Hardy a male given name