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Locke
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locke loçkë
English
Etymology
As an English, en nl - and en de - surname, variant of en Lock.
As a en no - surname, Americanized from no Løkke, from a farm name derived from en non lykkja enclosure.
As a en zh - surname, variant of en Lock Lok.
Pronunciation
en /lɒk/ RP
en /lɑk/ GenAm
en en-us-lock.ogg US
en lock
en ɒk 1
Proper noun
en English — famously held by:
John Locke (1632 – 1704); an influential English philosopher of the Enlightenment and social contract theorist.
en 1978 Kołakowski Leszek Leszek Kołakowski w:Main Currents of Marxism III: The Breakdown pl Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład P[aul] S[teven] Falla 1976 w:Clarendon Press w:Oxford 9780198245704 59183135 401 https://archive.org/details/maincurrentsofma00kola/page/401 It was Locke and his successors, not Hegel, who founded and disseminated the doctrine of human equality, based on the principles of empiricism, and the value of individual freedom under the law.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community and historic district in co/Sacramento County s/California.
en twp/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Elkhart County s/Indiana.
en twp co/Ingham County s/Michigan.
en town co/Cayuga County s/New York, named after John Locke.
Derived terms
en Lockean Lockeport Lockist
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Locke is the 1,272nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 27,643 individuals. Locke is most common among White (81.22%) and Black (12.30%) individuals.
Anagrams
en ceklo cloke eckol
en Individuals Philosophers
German
Alternative forms
de Loke obsolete
Etymology
From the plural of earlier de Lock m, from de gmh loc, from de goh loc, from de gmw-pro *lukk, from de gem-pro *lukkaz. Cognate with nl lok, en lock, da lok.
Pronunciation
de /ˈlɔkə/
de De-Locke.ogg
de De-Locke2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f ^chen
curl single loop in hair
lock or length of hair, especially when wavy or falling in a particular direction
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Löckchen locken Lockenwickler lockig Schläfenlocke