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Howes.

A surname.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name

  1. A surname.

    countable · uncountable

  2. An unincorporated community in Dent County, Missouri, United States.

    countable · uncountable

  3. An unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.

    countable · uncountable

  4. A hamlet just west of the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY1866).

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

English surname, pronounced to rhyme with Hose, itself a variant of Howe with excrescent -s.

name

  1. plural of Howe

    form-of · plural
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