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howe

/haʊ/

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What does howe mean?

noun

  1. Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

proper noun

  1. An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
More meanings (11)

proper noun

  1. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2799).
  2. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3580).
  3. A scattered settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3061).
  4. An unincorporated community in Butte County, Idaho.
  5. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in LaGrange County, Indiana.
  6. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  7. An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Nebraska.
  8. A town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
  9. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A town in Grayson County, Texas.
  11. Three townships, in Pennsylvania (2), and North Dakota, listed under Howe Township.
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IPA pronunciation

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She selected it, bought it, engaged a woman architect--Lois Howe of Boston--and followed the latter's work from beginning to end.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
Moses G. Farmer, the electrical inventor, and Howe, the creator of the sewing-machine, were his friends.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
More book examples (3)
Howe just managed to get a footing on the edge of the floe, and then made the painter fast to a hummock.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199
Encouraged by the conduct of Lord Howe, and by his reception at court, Nelson renewed his attack upon the peculators with fresh spirit.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
I made my home during the trial with my dear friend, Mrs. Judge Howe, who is still living, and she knows how bitter this was to me.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485