sallee

/sæliː/

sallee means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

sallee is pronounced /sæliː/.

Etymology

Transferative use of sally, dialectal variant of sallow (“willow”).

name

Any of various wattles (acacia trees).
Any of various eucalypts.“2006, D. J. Boland, M. I. H. Brooker, G. M. Chippendale, N. Hall, B. P. M. Hyland, R.D. Johnston, D. A. Kleinig, M. W. McDonald, J. D. Turner, Forest Trees of Australia, CSIRO, page 556, Black sallee is most common adjacent to creeks and flats in mountainous, tableland country.”