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Atwood
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English
Atwood (surname)
Alternative forms
en Attwood
Pronunciation
en /ˈætˌwʊd/
Proper noun
~ s
en; an English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.
en May 30, 2008 Felicia R. Lee Harry Potter Prequel for Charity w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/arts/30arts-HARRYPOTTERP_BRF.html The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series. https://web.archive.org/web/20230819160510/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/arts/30arts-HARRYPOTTERP_BRF.html
en ucomm/and/CDP co/Logan County s/Colorado c/USA, derived from the surname.
en small city/county seat co/Rawlins County s/Kansas c/USA.
Derived terms
en Atwoodian
en Atwood machine, en Atwood's machine
en Atwood number
en surnames from Middle English