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/ˈhæɹɪs/
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- Australia
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/ˈhaɹɪs/
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- British
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/ˈhɛɹɪs/
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/ˈhaɾɪs/
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- Scotland
- Wales
Proper noun
An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
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In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library.
On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” and in a lighthearted moment, explained — as she did during the last presidential election cycle — that in her blended family, her stepchildren affectionately call her Momala.
Her tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap with a line in her convention speech: “Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences … of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.”
A male given name.
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A placename: A township in Lake Timiskaming, Timiskaming district, Northeastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
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A placename: A village in the Rural Municipality of Harris, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A placename: A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kansas.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Sullivan County, Missouri.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
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A placename: A number of places in the United States: A number of townships, including one each in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Harris Township.
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A placename: An abandoned settlement in Montserrat, destroyed by volcanic eruptions.
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Proper noun
The southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, an island in the Outer Hebrides and Western Isles council area, Scotland.
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