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Ouilly

Ouilly is an element in several place-names in Calvados, Lower Normandy, France: * Ouilly-le-Vicomte * Ouilly-le-Tesson * Ouilly-du-Houley * Pont-d'Ouilly d'Ouilly is the origin of the English surnames d'Oyly and Doiley: * The D'Oyly baronets, a number of British baronetcies. * Richard D'Oyly Carte, Victorian theatrical impresario This surname is further given to: * D'Oyly Carte Island, an island in the River Thames, England. * The doily, an ornamental table mat supposedly invented by a Mr Doiley

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Ouilly is an element in several place-names in Calvados, Lower Normandy, France: * Ouilly-le-Vicomte * Ouilly-le-Tesson * Ouilly-du-Houley * Pont-d'Ouilly d'Ouilly is the origin of the English surnames d'Oyly and Doiley: * The D'Oyly baronets, a number of British baronetcies. * Richard D'Oyly Carte, Victorian theatrical impresario This surname is further given to: * D'Oyly Carte Island, an island in the River Thames, England. * The doily, an ornamental table mat supposedly invented by a Mr Doiley

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