A proper noun "lee" represents multiple places in england, including a neighborhood in devon, a village in ilfracombe parish, a suburb in lewisham, a village in buckinghamshire, and an alternative spelling of the river lea, as well as a river in county cork, ireland, and a number of places in the united states, including former settlements, towns, villages, unincorporated communities, and townships.
(nautical) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
(nautical) The side of the ship away from the wind.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
Obsolete form of li (“traditional Chinese unit of distance”).
(nautical, geology) Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.