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Grove

The English word “Grove” has 5 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379).
  2. An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
  4. A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, listed under Grove Township.
  5. A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun grove. * As a French surname, Americanized from Le Groux, Le Greux, reduced from Gréoul, of Germanic origin, from *grēduz (“hunger”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”). * As a north German surname, from the Low German noun Graf (“ditch, grave”) (see grave). Also a Dutch and Low German form of Grub. * As a German surname, variant of Graf.

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