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Speed

The English word “Speed” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana.
  2. An unincorporated community in Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri.
  3. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English sped (“good fortune”, literally “assistance, aid”). Also from the noun speed. * As an Irish surname, translated from Ó Fuada, from fuad (“haste, hurriedness”). See Foody. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized and translated from Schnell. * Most place names seem to taken from the surname.

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