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Grove
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grove
English
Etymology
As an English surname, from the noun en grove.
As a en fr - surname, Americanized from en Le Groux, fr Le Greux, reduced from fr Gréoul, of en gem - origin, from gem-pro *grēduz hunger + gem-pro *wulfaz wolf.
As a north German surname, from the en nds - noun nds Graf ditch, grave (see en grave). Also a en nl - and Low German form of en Grub.
As a en de - surname, variant of en Graf.
Proper noun
en habitational Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
en Cecelio Padilla California's "Leno's Law" signed, expanding classic car smog exemptions w:CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/california-lenos-law-classic-car-smog/ 2026-09-16 The law was jointly authored by state Sens. Dave Cortese, a San Jose Democrat, and Shannon Grove, a Bakersfield Republican. Leno joined Grove and classic-car owners outside the state Capitol in Sacramento in April 2025 to rally for SB 712, which would have created a broader rolling exemption for collector vehicles at least 35 years old. https://web.archive.org/web/20260918211743/https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/california-lenos-law-classic-car-smog/
Any of several villages in England.
en hamlet par/Slapton co/Buckinghamshire OS grid ref SP9192.
en village par/Portland co/Dorset OS grid ref SY6972. List of United Kingdom locations: Gree-Gz#Gro
en hamlet par/Yarkhill co/Herefordshire OS grid ref SO6144.
en hamlet par/Wickhambreaux dist/Canterbury co/Kent OS grid ref TR2361.
en small village/and/cpar (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in dist/Bassetlaw co/Nottinghamshire OS grid ref SK7379. Parish map (Nottinghamshire)
en large village/and/cpar in dist/Vale of White Horse co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SU4090. Parish map (Oxfordshire)
en suburb x/Pembroke co/Pembrokeshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SM9800.
en place c/USA:
en town co/Allegany County s/New York.
en city co/Delaware County s/Oklahoma.
en ucomm co/James City County s/Virginia.
en ucomm co/Doddridge County s/West Virginia.
en A number of <<townships>>, in <<s/Illinois>>, <<s/Iowa>>, <<s/Kansas>>, <<s/Minnesota>>, <<s/North Carolina>> and <<s/Pennsylvania>>, listed under Grove Township.
en mun in dist/Lauenburg s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany.
en rural locality carea/Huon Valley s/Tasmania c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Grove Ferry
en Grove Park
Related terms
en Grover
References
Anagrams
en egorv Gover