Whitehead.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A place name: A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; a headland there is named White Head (Irish grid ref J 4791).
A place name: A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Whitehead.
A place name: A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A place name: An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
A place name: A township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.
Where this word comes from
From white + head.
A form of self-propelling torpedo.
Where this word comes from
From white + head.
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