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Hawes.

A small market town and civil parish (served by Hawes and High Abbotside Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD8789).

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈhɔːz/
  1. A small market town and civil parish (served by Hawes and High Abbotside Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD8789).

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hals (“neck”).

name/ˈhɔːz/
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A township in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Hawe (“as a personal name”) + patronymic suffix -s.

name/ˈhɔːz/
  1. plural of Hawe

    form-of · plural
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