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Saw
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SAW Saw sAw s'aw saw šaw
English
Alternative forms
Hindi surname en Sawh
Etymology 1
Various origins:
English metonymic occupational surname for a sawyer, from en saw. Compare en Sawyer.
Borrowed from en hi साव; this surname is predominantly found in Jharkhand state.
Borrowed from en my စော, a nickname meaning "honorable".
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Saw is the 33121st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 691 individuals. Saw is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (80.75%) and White (13.46%) individuals.
Etymology 2
en
Pronunciation
en En-au-Saw.ogg AU
Noun
en slang African American Vernacular English A Bahamian.
en 1937 w:Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God Harper Perennial 2000 154 Since Tea Cake and Janie had friended with the Bahaman workers in the ’Glades, they, the “Saws,” had been gradually drawn into the American crowd.
Further reading
Anagrams
en asw was Was aws WAs ASW AWS
en surnames from Hindi surnames from Burmese
Polish
Etymology
pl 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
proper noun form Sawa<id:female surname> f