Hood

hood -hood 'hood English +#People Hood (surname) thumb|John Bell Hood. Etymology As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun en hood. Also as an English surname, from the en enm - name enm Hode, a variant of en Ode or en Odd with prosthetic H-, see en Ott, en Oates, and also compare en Hodson. Also as an English and Scottish surname, variant of en Hudd. As an en ga - surname, Anglicized from ga Ó hUid descendant of Ud. Compare en Mahood. As a en fr - surname, Americanized from en Houde. Pronunciation en /hʊd/ Proper noun ~ en. en Kaanita Iyer US Army renames Fort Bragg as Fort Liberty w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/politics/fort-bragg-liberty-renamed-base-us-army/index.html 2023-06-02 Last month, Fort Hood in Texas, another major military installation, was redesignated Fort Cavazos, in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars who became the first Hispanic person to wear four stars on his uniform. https://web.archive.org/web/20251112170453/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/politics/fort-bragg-liberty-renamed-base-us-army/index.html 12 November 2025 A placename: en CDP co/Sacramento County s/California c/US. en ucomm co/Madison County s/Virginia c/USA. en Hood County. en Hood River. Derived terms en Mount Hood Hood County Hood River See also en Houde Anagrams en dhoo Hodo hodo- Low German Etymology From nds gml hôt, from nds osx hōd, from nds gmw-pro *hōd, from nds gem-pro *hōdaz. Cognate with en hood. Noun m Hoden nds GLG hood; hat Derived terms nds Hoodje