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Anderson

Pronunciation: /²ˈanː.ər.sɔn/

“Anderson” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 7 meanings in English:

proper noun

  1. an unincorporated community in Etowah County, Alabama, United States
  2. an unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas, United States
  3. an unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois, United States
  4. an unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States
  5. an unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States
  6. an unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
  7. Several townships in the United States; see Anderson Township.

Etymology

Borrowed from English Anderson (“patronymic surname”), from Ander (“Andrew”) + -son (“patronymic suffix meaning “son of””), originally meaning “son of Andrew”. The English surname has also been used as an anglicized form of Scandinavian Andersen and Andersson. Compare the parallel Andersen, Andersen and Andersson (“patronymic surnames”).

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