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Harris

proper noun

  1. family name
  2. male given name
  3. place name
  4. Kamala Harris
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹɪs/ / /ˈhaɹɪs/ / /ˈhɛɹɪs/

name

Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse hérað (“hundred (administrative district)”), or from Old Norse hærri (“higher”), referring to the high hills on the island, especially compared to Lewis.

  1. The southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, an island in the Outer Hebrides and Western Isles council area, Scotland.

noun

Etymology: * (rhyming slang): Ellipsis of harris tweed (“weed, marijuana”); from Harris tweed.

  1. A dried preparation of the flowering tops or other parts of the cannabis plant used as a psychotropic drug.

    “I'd rather stay in with some harris than go to the pub after work tonight.”