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fries

UK/ˈfɹiːz/ US/ˈfraɪz/ fairly common us

noun

Origin

The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both Friesland and French friche (“fallow land”), found in Swiss French.

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