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howe

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/haʊ/(UK)

Definition of howe

13 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.
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name

  1. (countable, uncountable)An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2799).
  3. (countable, uncountable)A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3580).
  4. (countable, uncountable)A scattered settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3061).
  5. (countable, uncountable)A number of places in the United States:
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

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Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English hoʒe (“steep ridge”), a late variant of hōge, dative case of Old English hoh (“hock, heel”), with likely influence from Old Norse…

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* As an English surname, from Middle English hoʒe (“steep ridge”), a late variant of hōge, dative case of Old English hoh (“hock, heel”), with likely influence from Old Norse haugr (“hill”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hugh, pronounced to rhyme with how. * As a Norwegian surname, Americanized from Hove, from the dative singular of Old Norse hof (“place of worship”). * As an Irish surname, variant of Haugh; also a variant of Hoey. * As a Chinese surname, variant romanization of 侯, see also Hou. * Also as a Chinese surname, possibly from Cantonese form of the names 豪 (háo), 浩, and 昊 (hào).

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