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Agnew.

A surname.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈæɡ.nu/US
  1. A surname.

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  2. A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois.

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  3. A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Grand Haven Township, Ottawa County, Michigan.

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  4. A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

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  5. A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington.

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  6. A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.

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  7. A placename, from the surname: A ghost town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.

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Where this word comes from

Two possible origins: * Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Agneaux, in Normandy. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gnímh (“descendant of Gníomh”), a byname from gníomh (“action, deed, act”).

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