Winslow.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7728).
A placename: A locality in Bromyard and Winslow parish, Herefordshire, England, including the hamlets of Lower and Upper Winslow (OS grid ref SO6153).
A placename: A rural municipality in western Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Winslow No. 319.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Navajo County, Arizona.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Washington County, Arkansas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A former settlement in California.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village and township in Stephenson County, Illinois.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Pike County, Indiana.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Dodge County, Nebraska.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in Camden County, New Jersey.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood (and former name) of the city of Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, Washington.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
A placename: A locality in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.
A placename: Ellipsis of 8270 Winslow: an asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.
A surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Wynselowe, from Old English Wineshlǣw, from Wines (“Wine's”, personal name) + hlāw (“mound”).
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