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Anderson

Pronunciation: /ˈæn.dɚ.sən/

The English word “Anderson” has 8 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Etowah County, Alabama.
  2. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois.
  4. An unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
  6. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
  7. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Anderson Township.
  8. A small village and civil parish (served by Lower Winterborne Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY8797).

Etymology

From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.

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