What is the name meaning of TOW. Phrases containing TOW
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TOW
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : variant of Townsend.
Boy/Male
British, English
Town Meadow
Boy/Male
British, English
Town Meadow
Boy/Male
British, English
Town Meadow
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an old form of Townson, as recorded in the 16th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an altered form of Townsend.
Male
Hebrew
(טï‹×‘ִיָה) Hebrew name TOWBIYAH means "God is good." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a Babylonian exile returnee. Also spelled Toviya.
Boy/Male
British, English
Town Meadow
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the End of the Town
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Tower, with later -s.English : habitational name for someone from Tours in Eure-et-Loire, northern France, so called from the Gaulish tribal name Turones, of uncertain etymology.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Towne.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (Latin turris).English : occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).English : Americanized spelling of German Tauer.
Surname or Lastname
English (northern) and Scottish
English (northern) and Scottish : variant of Town.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Towne.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Townley. In Ulster this is sometimes used synonymously with Tinsley.
Boy/Male
British, English
Town Meadow
Surname or Lastname
English (Sussex)
English (Sussex) : topographic name for one who lived in a township or village, Middle English toun, + -er, a characteristic topographic ending of Sussex surnames.English (Sussex) : occupational name for a toll taker or tax collector, from tolnere, an agent derivative of Middle English toll ‘tax’, ‘payment’. Compare Toller.
Surname or Lastname
Reduced form of the Dutch surname van Galen, a habitational name, probably from Gaal in the province of North Brabant, or perhaps from the German town of Gahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia.English
Reduced form of the Dutch surname van Galen, a habitational name, probably from Gaal in the province of North Brabant, or perhaps from the German town of Gahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia.English : variant of Galyon.
Surname or Lastname
English (especially northwestern)
English (especially northwestern) : habitational name from Towneley near Burnley in Lancashire, which is named with Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’; or a topographic name for someone who lived at a clearing associated with a farm or village. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Tow.
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adv. & prep.
The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
a.
Composed of, or like, tow.
n.
The district or territory of a town.
n.
A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.
n.
A rope used in towing vessels.
n.
The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.
n.
A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
n.
The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
a.
Having no town.
a.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.
n.
An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
n.
A small town.
n.
A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.
adv.
Toward a town.
adv.
Alt. of Townwards
a.
Having towns; containing many towns.
adv. & prep.
A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
adv. & prep.
The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
pl.
of Townsman
n.
A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.