Howe

See also: howe

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haʊ/

Proper noun

Howe (countable and uncountable, plural Howes)

1. An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.
2. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2799).
3. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3580).
4. A scattered settlement in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3061).
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Butte County, Idaho.
   2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in LaGrange County, Indiana.
   3. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
   4. An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Nebraska.
   5. A town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
   6. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
   7. A town in Grayson County, Texas.
   8. Three townships, in Pennsylvania (2), and North Dakota, listed under Howe Township.

Derived terms

• Howe truss
• Strauss-Howe generational theory

 

See also

• How

Anagrams

• WeHo