Tangye

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Tangye is a surname of Breton origin [1] and is common in Cornwall. It may refer to:

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References

  1. Hanks, Patricia; Hodges, Flavia (1996). A Dictionary of Surnames (corrected ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 524.

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