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Howe

Pronunciation: /haʊ/

The English word “Howe” has 4 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Butte County, Idaho.
  2. An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Nebraska.
  3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
  4. Three townships, in Pennsylvania (2), and North Dakota, listed under Howe Township.

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 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…

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