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Howe
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howe
English
Etymology
As an English surname, from en enm hoʒe steep ridge, a late variant of enm hōge, dative case of en ang hoh hock, heel, with likely influence from en non haugr hill.
Also as an English surname, variant of en Hugh, pronounced to rhyme with en how.
As a en no - surname, Americanized from en Hove, from the dative singular of non hof place of worship.
As an en ga - surname, variant of en Haugh; also a variant of en Hoey.
As a en zh - surname, variant romanization of zh 侯, see also en Hou.
Also as a Chinese surname, possibly from en yue - form of the names zh 豪, zh 浩, and zh 昊.
Pronunciation
en /haʊ/ UK
Proper noun
~ s
en English topographic Middle English _for someone who lived by a small hill.
en male surnames.
11 November 1909 Max Rogers in ‘Young Turk’: Klaw & Erlanger Present a New Musical Play at Atlantic City https://www.nytimes.com/1909/11/11/archives/max-rogers-in-young-turk-klaw-erlanger-present-a-new-musical-play-a.html 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.
16 September 1932 John Amee, Friend of Harvard Men, Dead https://www.nytimes.com/1932/09/16/archives/john-amee-friend-of-harvard-men-dead-book-seller-to-generations-of.html Surviving, besides his brother, are a widow, the former Jennie Teele, and a son Howe Coolidge Amee, a Cambridge lawyer.
30 April 2021 w:Alex Renton Alex Renton on exposing transatlantic slave traders – in his own family https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/alex-renton-my-relatives-the-slave-owners-088cdgfnw Then there is the striking example of Howe Browne, the Marquess of Sligo, the former governor of Jamaica.
en small village/and/cpar (without a council) in dist/South Norfolk co/Norfolk cc/England OS grid ref TM2799. Parish map (Norfolk)
en small village/and/cpar (without a council) in co/North Yorkshire cc/England previously in dist/Hambleton OS grid ref SE3580. Parish map (North Yorkshire)
en A scattered <<settlement>> in <<co/Caithness>>, <<carea/Highland>>, <<cc/Scotland>> OS grid ref ND3061. OS: Scotland
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community co/Butte County s/Idaho.
en unincorporated community/and/CDP co/LaGrange County s/Indiana.
en neighbourhood city/Minneapolis s/Minnesota.
en unincorporated community co/Nemaha County s/Nebraska.
en town co/Le Flore County s/Oklahoma.
en unincorporated community co/Jefferson County s/Pennsylvania.
en town co/Grayson County s/Texas.
en Three <<townships>>, in <<s/Pennsylvania>> (2), and <<s/North Dakota>>, listed under Howe Township.
Derived terms
en Howe Bridge Howe Sound Howe truss Strauss-Howe generational theory
See also
en How
References
Anagrams
en ehow WeHo