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Howe
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An English topographic surname for someone who lived near a small hill, also the name of villages in England and towns in the United States.
"Gordie Howe is remembered as one of hockey's greatest players."
Word Forms
Howes plural
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Etymology
From Middle English hoʒe ("steep ridge"), a variant of Old English hōh, with likely influence from Old Norse haugr ("hill").