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Knowles

Pronunciation: /noʊlz/

The English word “Knowles” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Madera County, California, United States.

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill, from a genitive or plural form of Middle English knol (“hilltop, hillock”).

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