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Bell.

A surname of Scottish and northern English origin for a bell ringer, bellmaker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)."

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name/bɛl/

  1. A surname of Scottish and northern English origin for a bell ringer, bellmaker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)."

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  2. The Bell telephone company (after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.)

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  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.

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  4. A female given name, variant of Belle; mostly used as a middle name in the 19th century.

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  5. A number of places in the United States: A city in Los Angeles County, California.

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  6. A number of places in the United States: A town in Gilchrist County, Florida.

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  7. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois.

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  8. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.

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  9. A number of places in the United States: A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.

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  10. A number of places in the United States: Three townships in Pennsylvania.

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  11. A village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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  12. A village in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.

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  13. A rural town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

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  14. A municipality of Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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  15. A municipality of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate.

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noun/bɛl/

  1. a telephone utility; a Baby Bell.

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