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powell
/ˈpaʊ.(w)əl/
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What does powell mean?
proper noun
- An English and Welsh surname from Welsh.
- A male given name.
- A small town in DeKalb County, Alabama.
More meanings (11)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
- A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
- A city in Delaware County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.
- A ghost town in Haakon County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee.
- A small town in Navarro County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Sherman, Iron County, Wisconsin.
- A city in Park County, Wyoming.
- Ellipsis of Powell County.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpaʊ.(w)əl/
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Under the clear rays of the Arizona moon lay Powell, his body fairly bristling with the hostile arrows of the braves.
Mrs. Powell sent on board chutney prepared "as we prepare it in India."
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Upon the contrary the evaporation is excessive and according to the estimate of Major Powell amounts fully to one hundred inches of water per annum.
From the fact that this formula was published during the time that Powell was appearing in England I gather that that circumstance may account for its addition to the book.
According to Major Powell, it is about two hundred and seventeen miles long, from five to fifteen miles wide from rim to rim, and from about five thousand to six thousand feet deep.