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Packard
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English
thumb|200px|Packard automobile wordmark
thumb|200px|a 1934 Packard Twelve
thumb|200px|Patricia Neal, who was born Packard, Kentucky.
Etymology
Genealogy websites offer three or four hypotheses about the surname; none is confirmed. (Ideas include possible cognation with packer or with Pickard; evidence for or against is not presented.) The automotive brand is from the surname, via the brothers James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard. The ghost town in Kentucky, is named after a certain Amelia Packard.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpækɚd/ GA
Proper noun
s
en Q19836286 en.
en Q40971 A former brand of automobile (often associated with wealth and luxury in the 1920s through 1940s).
en 2019 w:Colson Whitehead w:The Nickel Boys Fleet 149 He finally forced himself to stick out his thumb when a white Packard with midnight blue trim rounded the bend.
en ghost town co/Whitley County s/Kentucky c/USA.
Further reading
Packard (surname)
Packard (disambiguation)
en Automobiles