Howe

proper nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//haʊ//

An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.

proper noun

1
An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.
2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
The plot tells the story of two New York bankers, Keene and Swift, the former having a daughter and the latter a son. Howe Swift, Jr., played by Mr. Rogers, has been educated abroad.
Surviving, besides his brother, are a widow, the former Jennie Teele, and a son Howe Coolidge Amee, a Cambridge lawyer.
Then there is the striking example of Howe Browne, the Marquess of Sligo, the former governor of Jamaica.
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A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2799).
4
A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3580).
5
A scattered settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3061).
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Butte County, Idaho.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in LaGrange County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Nebraska.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Grayson County, Texas.
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A number of places in the United States: 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 surname, variant of Haugh; also a variant of Hoey. * As a Chinese surname, variant romanization of 侯, see also Hou. * Also as a Chinese surname, possibly from Cantonese form of the names 豪 (háo), 浩, and 昊 (hào).

Forms

plural: Howes

How · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter H.Howard · A surname originating as a patronymic.howdy · An informal greeting.

Howe · An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.

however · Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.Howie · A diminutive of the male given name Howard.howl · The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid;…

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