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Topics referred to by the same term
Railroad Flat may refer to: Railroad apartment Rail Road Flat, California This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Railroad Flat
Railroad_Flat
Building layout
A railroad apartment or railroad flat, sometimes referred to as a floor-through apartment, is an apartment with a series of rooms connecting to each other
Railroad_apartment
Full-size backyard steam railroad owned by Disney animator Ward Kimball
The Grizzly Flats Railroad (GFRR) was a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge backyard railroad owned by Disney animator Ward Kimball at his home in San Gabriel, California
Grizzly_Flats_Railroad
Place in California, United States
Rail Road Flat (formerly Independence Flat and Railroad Flat) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population
Rail_Road_Flat,_California
American actor (born 1951)
City in 1976. While living in New York, Cooper shared a one-bedroom railroad flat with four other aspiring actors and dancers. He supported himself by
Chris_Cooper
Bridge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
The Flats Industrial Railroad (reporting mark FIR) is a Class III railroad that provides short-line commercial/industrial switching service in Cleveland
Flats_Industrial_Railroad
Family of Israeli ballistic missiles
with a separating warhead. The missile can be launched from a silo, a railroad flat car, or a mobile vehicle. This gives it the ability to be hidden, moved
Jericho_(missile)
1970 accident involving an F-106 of the US Air Force
to dismantle the aircraft, removing its wings for transport aboard a railroad flat car. The damage to the aircraft was minimal; indeed, one officer on
Cornfield_Bomber
Type of railway junction
the United Kingdom a flat crossing) is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections
Level_junction
operated by the railroad. The Sandy River Railroad shop at Phillips, Maine was rebuilding 185 older 2 ft (610 mm) gauge logging railroad flat cars into what
Monson_Railroad
Census-designated place in California, United States
Dutch Flat (also, Dutchman's Flat, Dutch Charlie's Flat, and Charley's Flat) is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in
Dutch_Flat,_California
1977 film by Werner Herzog
used car and arrive in a winter-bound, barren prairie near the town of Railroad Flats, Wisconsin. Bruno takes a job as a car mechanic with Clayton and his
Stroszek
River in central California, United States
The name "Railroad Flat" comes from the Yosemite Valley Railroad, which once ran up Merced River Canyon into Yosemite Valley. The old railroad grade still
Merced_River
Vehicle used for carrying cargo or passengers on a rail transport system
A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British
Railroad_car
U.S. company that built western leg of the first transcontinental railroad
in Strong's drug store in Dutch Flat, California, to discuss the project, which they called the Central Pacific Railroad of California. James Bailey, a
Central_Pacific_Railroad
Neighborhood in New York City
Manhattan, there is an apartment with Bruce Willis's name on it. A railroad flat where, for $175 a month, he bivouacked as one of New York's small army
Hell's_Kitchen,_Manhattan
Class I freight railroad in the United States
The Union Pacific Railroad Company (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles
Union_Pacific_Railroad
Densely populated housing development
block. Similar to the earlier cluster house (see above). Railroad apartment (or railroad flat): a type of apartment in which rooms are directly linked
Multifamily_residential
First U.S. railroad connecting the Pacific coast and Eastern states
transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built
First transcontinental railroad
First_transcontinental_railroad
Fault in railroad wheel shape
A flat spot, or wheel flat, also called spalling or shelling, is a fault in railroad wheel shape. A flat spot occurs when a rolling stock's wheelset stops
Flat_spot
The Southside Railroad was a railroad in Virginia that operated independently from 1854 until 1870, when it was absorbed to form the Atlantic, Mississippi
Southside_Railroad_(Virginia)
United States historic place
The Barney Flat Historic Railroad Logging Landscape is the historic remains of railroad logging on the South Kaibab Plateau in the early 20th century.
Barney Flat Historic Railroad Logging Landscape
Barney_Flat_Historic_Railroad_Logging_Landscape
Defunct logging company in Madera and Fresno County, California, US
connected with the Sugar Pine Railroad at the Wishon switching yards at Bass Lake. From there, the Minarets and Western flat cars were pulled up a 10.82 mi
Sugar_Pine_Lumber_Company
Large scale model railway, typically installed outdoors
narrow gauge Grizzly Flats Railroad owned by railfan and Disney animator Ward Kimball. Hundreds, even thousands of backyard railroads exist, especially in
Backyard_railroad
Building shared by multiple dwellings
on Mott Street, three- and four-story buildings were converted into "railroad flats," so called because the rooms were linked together like the cars of
Tenement
Park in Columbia, Missouri
Flat Branch Park is a park in Columbia, Missouri, Adjacent to Flat Branch. Flat Branch Park has been a hub for trade and gatherings since the 1820s. In
Flat_Branch_Park
Catholic shrine in Indian River, Michigan
custom-cut with a chainsaw from a lumber yard in Oregon and shipped on a railroad flat car. It took two days to assemble the Cross. On August 5, 1954, cranes
Cross_in_the_Woods
American domestic architectural style
ISBN 0-8109-4346-8. Hunter, Christine (1999). Ranches, Rowhouses, and Railroad Flats-- American Homes: How They Shape Our Landscape and Neighborhoods. New
Ranch-style_house
United States historic place
The Rapallo Viaduct is a buried railroad trestle in East Hampton, Connecticut which carries the Air Line Trail across Flat Brook. The viaduct was built as
Rapallo_Viaduct
Unincorporated community in Virginia, US
a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad from 1884 to 1905 and then on the Tidewater and Western Railroad from 1905 to 1917. U.S. Geological Survey
Flat_Rock,_Virginia
Stream in Calaveras County, California
Creek flows are seasonal, there are perennial reaches such as where Railroad Flat Road crosses the creek, that could sustain resident rainbow trout (Oncorhyncus
Jesus_Maria_Creek
North Carolina attraction
Tweetsie Railroad is a family-oriented Wild West theme park located between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United States. The centerpiece of the
Tweetsie_Railroad
American Class I railroad (1846–1968)
Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), officially the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad established
Pennsylvania_Railroad
Railway tunnel in near Manayunk, Pennsylvania
The Flat Rock Tunnel is an active railroad tunnel located on Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Line near Manayunk, Pennsylvania, United States. The tunnel
Flat_Rock_Tunnel
Book by Jonathan Mahler
Bella Abzug, born Bella Savitzky in 1920. She grew up in a South Bronx railroad flat. Ambitious Ed Koch, a Bronx native and the middle child of Jewish immigrants
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning
Ladies_and_Gentlemen,_the_Bronx_Is_Burning
Explorations of the American West, 1853–1855
The Pacific Railroad Surveys (1853–1855) were a series of explorations of the American West designed to find and document possible routes for a transcontinental
Pacific_Railroad_Surveys
American RR, 1862 to 1998
the Union Pacific Railroad stretches from 1862 to the present. For operations of the current railroad, see Union Pacific Railroad; for the holding company
History of the Union Pacific Railroad
History_of_the_Union_Pacific_Railroad
transportation in addition to Keystone Bridge Company, Pittsburgh and Western Railroad, Rail Makes' Association, and the Steel Patent Company. These companies
Carnegie_Brothers_and_Company
Railroad in Maine
purchasing rolling stock. Portland Company built 25 flat cars for the Eustis Railroad. The flat cars were 33 feet (10 m) long and had a capacity of 12
Phillips and Rangeley Railroad
Phillips_and_Rangeley_Railroad
Former US railway (1905–1983)
The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (reporting mark DTI) operated from 1905 to 1983 between its namesake cities of Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Detroit,_Toledo_and_Ironton_Railroad
American restaurateur (1915–2007)
born on July 23, 1915, in Manhattan and spent his early childhood in a railroad flat on West 56th Street before moving to a brownstone at 246 West 44th Street
Vincent_Sardi_Jr.
Transportation Museum in San Antonio, Texas
Power Plant 1925 Baldwin 0-4-0T #1 Missouri Pacific Railroad Flat car #50043 Missouri Pacific Railroad Caboose #13083 US Marine Corps Fairmont motor car
Texas_Transportation_Museum
Former US Class I railroad
(reporting mark NW), commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in
Norfolk_and_Western_Railway
Rivers Railway Flats Industrial Railroad (FIR) Grand River Railway (GRRY) Indiana Eastern Railroad (IERR) Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN) Indiana and
List_of_Ohio_railroads
American Class I railroad (1853–1968)
Central Railroad (reporting mark NYC) was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily
New_York_Central_Railroad
abandoned Billerica and Bedford Railroad. The original Billerica and Bedford equipment consisted of 2 locomotives, 6 flat cars, a baggage car, a coach,
Sandy_River_Railroad
American playwright, screenwriter and memoirist (1900–2012)
of four daughters, Sagor was born on July 6, 1900, in a cold-water, railroad flat on 101st Street near Madison Avenue in Manhattan. She studied journalism
Frederica_Sagor_Maas
Topics referred to by the same term
Nevada Rail Road Flat, California, a census-designated place in Calaveras County The Railroad (film), a 2006 South Korean film The Railroad (What We Do in
Railroad_(disambiguation)
Landform in Maricopa County, Arizona
Cemetery. Following the advent of the railroad in Arizona in 1878 the station closed and fell into ruin. The flat is now farmland that covers the sites
Oatman_Flat
American railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad (reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, is a railroad in the Central United States that operated
Illinois_Central_Railroad
American architect
air-conditioning was especially expensive. He eschewed the typical railroad flat design, which required walking through one room to get to the next,
Herman_Jessor
Ghost town in Mariposa County, California
Three developed campgrounds—McCabe Flat, Willow Placer, and Railroad Flat—are located downstream along the former railroad grade. The Merced River through
Briceburg,_California
2020 book by Jeffrey B. Perry
Richardson, who had preserved their father's papers in a closet of a railroad-flat apartment since his death in 1927. The family entrusted the papers to
Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918–1927
Hubert_Harrison:_The_Struggle_for_Equality,_1918–1927
Tycoons of the Central Pacific Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad. New York: Simmons-Boardman Co. Ch. 4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) The Great Dutch Flat Swindle!:
Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)
Big_Four_(Central_Pacific_Railroad)
Crew car on the end of trains
drifted aboard the canboose [sic]." As the first railroad cabooses were wooden shanties erected on flat cars as early as the 1830s, they would have resembled
Caboose
Loss of traction in locomotives
Slippery rail, or low railhead adhesion, is a condition of railways (railroads) where contamination of the railhead reduces the traction between the wheel
Slippery_rail
Ghost town in Utah, United States
Utah County, Utah, United States. It is located in the valley of Dutchman Flat in the upper part of American Fork Canyon, in the Uinta National Forest.
Forest_City,_Utah
Railroad company in South Carolina
Rail Road Company was a railroad in South Carolina that operated independently from 1830 to 1844. One of the first railroads in North America to be chartered
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company
South_Carolina_Canal_and_Railroad_Company
American painter (1894–1972)
Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 1953, the Westons started renting a small railroad flat over an Italian bakery in Greenwich Village for a phase of their life
Harold_Weston
Migratory worker or homeless vagabond
Bryson suggests in Made in America (1998) that it might come from the railroad greeting, "Ho, beau!" or a syllabic abbreviation of "homeward bound". It
Hobo
Rail line
The New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (NYP) was a single track, shortline railroad running on a route described as east—west in the company's timetables
New York & Pennsylvania Railroad
New_York_&_Pennsylvania_Railroad
Railway rolling stock used to transport automobiles
Saint Louis-San Francisco Railroad (SL-SF, or Frisco) designed and built a prototype bi-level rack mounted on 42-foot (12.80 m) flat car SL-SF 95844. Satisfied
Autorack
National park in California, United States
a community inside the gates of the park Yosemite Valley Railroad, a short-line railroad that replaced stagecoach travel to the park "Yosemite National
Yosemite_National_Park
Former railroad museum in Logansport, Indiana, U.S.
a railroad museum that was located in the Forest Park neighborhood of Noblesville, Indiana, United States. It owned a variety of preserved railroad equipment
Indiana_Transportation_Museum
The Kennebec Central Railroad was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railroad operating between Randolph and Togus, Maine. The railroad was built to offer transportation
Kennebec_Central_Railroad
Rail-tie/sleeper binding mechanism
A rail fastening system is a means of fixing rails to railroad ties (North America) or sleepers (British Isles, Australasia, and Africa). The terms rail
Rail_fastening_system
Railroad in New York
Mountain Railroad (reporting mark CMRR) is a heritage tourist railroad based in Kingston, New York, that began operations in 1982. The railroad leases a
Catskill_Mountain_Railroad
Former logging railway, Maine, U.S. (1927–33)
and West Branch Railroad was a forest railway built to transfer pulpwood between drainage basins in the North Maine Woods. The railroad operated only a
Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad
Eagle_Lake_and_West_Branch_Railroad
Topics referred to by the same term
Flats may refer to: Grizzly Flats Railroad Grizzly Flats, California This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Grizzly Flats.
Grizzly_Flats
Railroad on a slope
A gravity railroad (American English) or gravity railway (British English) is a railroad on a slope that allows cars carrying minerals or passengers to
Gravity_railroad
RR Museum, in Nevada City, CA, Laws Depot Museum, and at the Grizzly Flats Railroad (donated to Southern California Railway Museum after Ward Kimball's
Narrow-gauge railroads in the United States
Narrow-gauge_railroads_in_the_United_States
Timepiece used in operation of trains
A railroad chronometer or railroad standard watch is a specialized timepiece that once was crucial for safe and correct operation of trains in many countries
Railroad_chronometer
Heritage railroad in Colorado and New Mexico, US
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, often abbreviated as the C&TSRR, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 64 miles (103 km)
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
Cumbres_and_Toltec_Scenic_Railroad
Railroad in central Pennsylvania, US
Canal at Johnstown on the west through the relative flats to Hollidaysburg on the east. The Railroad utilized wheeled barges to ride a narrow-gauge rail
Allegheny_Portage_Railroad
More images March 18, 1983 (#83002274) Roughly bounded by the Reading Railroad, Flat Rock Dam, Schuylkill River, and Lot 4025 on Main Street 40°02′00″N 75°14′13″W
National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Philadelphia
National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Northwest_Philadelphia
2018 wildfire in Central California
Anderson Valley Road Foresta Road River Road from Briceburg to the gate at Railroad Flat and all campground areas along SR 140 Summit Road Old Yosemite Road
Ferguson_Fire
Railroad in the Midwest and Northwest United States
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest
Milwaukee_Road
Narrow-gauge railway in Massachusetts
The Martha's Vineyard Railroad was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad on the island of Martha's Vineyard. It was built in 1874 to connect the Oak Bluffs
Martha's_Vineyard_Railroad
Ridable miniature backyard steam railroad owned by Walt Disney
Kimball, who owned the full-size, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge Grizzly Flats Railroad. On June 1, 1949, Disney purchased 5 acres (2.0 ha) of vacant land in
Carolwood_Pacific_Railroad
Short-line railroad at the Kennedy Space Center
NASA Railroad (reporting mark NLAX) is a Class III industrial short-line railroad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The railroad consists
NASA_Railroad
Tri-state railroad in the United States
The Indiana & Ohio Railway (reporting mark IORY) is an American railroad that operates 511 miles (822 km) of track in Ohio, southern Michigan, and parts
Indiana_and_Ohio_Railway
Former short-line railroad in central California (1907–1945)
Yosemite Valley Railroad (YVRR) was a short-line railroad in Merced and Mariposa counties, California, that operated from 1907 to 1945. The railroad ran 78 miles
Yosemite_Valley_Railroad
Class of American 4-4-0 locomotive
Class D16 on the Pennsylvania Railroad was their final development of the 4-4-0 "American" type of steam locomotive. A total of 429 of these locomotives
Pennsylvania Railroad class D16
Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_D16
American painter
discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. Among the people in the same photograph are
De_Hirsh_Margules
Narrow gauge railroad in Franklin County, Maine
The Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR&RL) was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge common carrier railroad that operated approximately 112 miles (180 km)
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
Sandy_River_and_Rangeley_Lakes_Railroad
Unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California, United States
Indian Flat reflects the Euro-American pattern of naming sites in the canyon that showed evidence of indigenous use. The Yosemite Valley Railroad (YVRR)
Incline,_California
World's largest railway yard (North Platte, Nebraska, US)
Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad classification yard. Employees sort, service and repair locomotives and cars headed all across North America
Bailey_Yard
Railroad museum in Perris, California
located near the main entrance as is an interactive railroad "signal garden." The Grizzly Flats collection includes a variety of narrow-gauge rolling
Southern California Railway Museum
Southern_California_Railway_Museum
Railway line in Maine
"Franklin and Megantic Railroad") was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway in northern Maine that branches off from the Sandy River Railroad (SRR) at Strong
Franklin_and_Megantic_Railway
Cross sectional shape of a railway rail
profile is the cross-sectional shape of a rail as installed on a railway or railroad, perpendicular to its length. Early rails were made of wood, cast iron
Rail_profile
Valley in Nye County, United States of America
mining at tabletop flat Nevada desert site used to calibrate satellites". AP News. Retrieved 10 September 2023. Media related to Railroad Valley (Nevada)
Railroad_Valley_(Nevada)
Class I railroad system in the United States
(reporting mark CSXT), known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces
CSX_Transportation
Pair of railroad wheels fixed on to an axle
Axle exchange Drop table Flat spot Gölsdorf axle Interference fit International Heavy Haul Association Journal box List of railroad truck parts Luttermöller
Wheelset_(rail_transport)
Defunct American Class I railway
Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) (reporting marks CRI&P, RI, ROCK) was an American Class I railroad. It
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad
Enclosed area designated for railways
A rail yard, railway yard, railroad yard (US) or simply yard, is a series of tracks in a rail network for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading rail
Rail_yard
American engineer and businessman (1826–1863)
valley, Donner Pass was not and thus was more suitable for a railroad. From Dutch Flat, the Pacific road would climb steadily up the ridge between the
Theodore_Judah
River in the United States of America
composed a work titled “Strains from the Flat Branch” for piano. The M.K.T. Railroad entered Columbia through the Flat Branch Valley. Today the M.K.T. Trail
Flat Branch (Hinkson Creek tributary)
Flat_Branch_(Hinkson_Creek_tributary)
Railroad in Nevada and Placer Counties, California
The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (NCNGRR; nickname: Never Come, Never Go) was located in Northern California's Nevada County and Placer County,
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad
Nevada_County_Narrow_Gauge_Railroad
American industrial company
eroded away, or a railroad may need to simply widen the cut and fill sections. One method to do this was to mount a winch on one flat car (colloquially
Lidgerwood
United States historic place
baggage compartment. Behind car 15 was either one or two of the railroad's three piggyback flat cars. The ET&WNC's passenger station was next to the trucking
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad
East_Tennessee_and_Western_North_Carolina_Railroad
RAILROAD FLAT
RAILROAD FLAT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English strike(n) ‘to stroke, smooth’, applied as an occupational name for someone whose job was to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Lancashire) and Scottish
English (mainly Lancashire) and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived by a holly tree, from Middle English holm, a divergent development of Old English hole(g)n; the main development was towards modern English holly (see Hollis).English and Scottish : topographic name or habitational name from northern Middle English holm ‘island’, Old Norse holmr (see Holm 1).Danish and Swedish : variant of Holm 1.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads, so named from the dative singular of Old Norse holmr ‘islet’, ‘low flat land beside a river’.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : variant of Klaus, a reduced form of the personal name Nikolaus, German form of Nicholas.English : nickname for a flatterer, from Old French glose ‘flattery’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of or patronymic from Flather, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of flathes or flawns, a type of pancake or custard, Middle English flather, flathir.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : of uncertain origin. Reaney suggests that it may be a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or a baker, from Middle English fagge, Old English facg, which denoted a kind of flatfish, and perhaps also a flat loaf. Another Middle English word fagge apparently denoted a fault in the weave of a piece of cloth.
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian and Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish : from Old Norse hella ‘flat stone’, ‘flagstone’, ‘flat mountain’ or hellir ‘cave’. As a Nowegian name this is generally a habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named. As a Swedish name, it is generally ornamental.English : variant spelling of Hell 1.German : topographic name from Middle High German helle ‘hell’ (modern German Hölle), used (often in field names) in a topographic sense to denote a hollow or a wild, precipitous place.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Emborough in Somerset, named from Old English emn ‘flat topped’ + beorg ‘hill’, ‘mound’, or possibly from Hembury in Devon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Old English hamm, denoting a patch of flat, low-lying alluvial land beside a stream (often a promontory or water meadow in a river bend), or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word, for example in Gloucestershire, Greater London, Kent, Somerset, and Wiltshire.German : topographic name for someone who lived on land in a river bend, Old High German ham (see 1 above).German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Hamm, a city in Westphalia.
Surname or Lastname
Northern English, Scottish, and northern Irish
Northern English, Scottish, and northern Irish : from the Old Norse byname Orri ‘blackcock’ (the male black grouse).Scottish : nickname for someone with a sallow complexion, from Gaelic odhar ‘pale’, ‘dun’.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a shore or ridge, from Old English Åra ‘shore’, ‘hill-slope’, ‘flat-topped ridge’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (see Ore).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old French prestre ‘priest’.German : derogatory nickname for a bully or tyrant, from an agent noun derivative of pressen ‘to oppress’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for someone who did ironing, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + the agent noun suffix -er.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Platt or Platt Bridge in Lancashire, named in Middle English with Old French plat ‘flat’, ‘thin’ (see Platte), in the dialect sense ‘plank bridge’.English : topographic name from Middle English plat ‘plot of land’, ‘piece of ground’ (Old English plætt).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German platt ‘flat’.German : variant of Platte 3.
Surname or Lastname
English (Berkshire)
English (Berkshire) : topographic name for someone who lived on a flat, a patch of level or low-lying ground (see Flatt).
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly East Anglia)
English (chiefly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived on a flat, a patch of level or low-lying ground (Old Norse flat, flǫt).South German : variant of Flath 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Priest.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for someone who ironed clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places called Oare in Berkshire, Kent, and Wiltshire, or Ore in East Sussex, all named with Old English Åra ‘shore’, ‘hill-slope’, ‘flat-topped ridge’. It may also be a topographic name from the same element, though Reaney and Wilson consider that in general this would have had an initial N-. Compare Noah 2.Scottish : possibly from the Sussex place name.
Surname or Lastname
German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or nickname for a forceful person.English and German : topographic name for someone who lived in an area of flat, low-lying alluvial land beside a stream, Old English hamm, Old High German ham (see Hamm) + the English and German agent suffix -er.Norwegian : variant of Hamar.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably from Middle English flack, flak ‘turf’, ‘sod’ (as found in the place name Flatmoor, in Cambridgeshire), and hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a turf cutter.North German : topographic name probably derived from a lost word denoting stagnant water.
Surname or Lastname
English (also well established in South Wales)
English (also well established in South Wales) : topographic name for someone who lived in a nook or hollow, from Old English and Middle English hale, dative of h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘hollow’. In northern England the word often has a specialized meaning, denoting a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river, typically one deposited in a bend. In southeastern England it often referred to a patch of dry land in a fen. In some cases the surname may be a habitational name from any of the several places in England named with this fossilized inflected form, which would originally have been preceded by a preposition, e.g. in the hale or at the hale.English : from a Middle English personal name derived from either of two Old English bynames, Hæle ‘hero’ or Hægel, which is probably akin to Germanic Hagano ‘hawthorn’ (see Hain 2).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Céile (see McHale).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Halle.Robert Hale, who settled in Cambridge, MA, in 1632, was an ancestor of the revolutionary war patriot and spy Nathan Hale (1755–76) of CT. The common English surname was brought independently in the 17th century to VA and MD.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Stanford, for example in Bedfordshire, Kent, and Norfolk, or Stanford Dingley in Berkshire, Stanford in the Vale in Oxfordshire, or Stanford le Hope in Essex, etc., all named from Old English stÄn ‘stone’ + ford ‘ford’.An early bearer, Thomas Stanford of England, settled in Charlestown, MA, in the mid 17th century and started a family line that includes Leland Stanford (1824–93), the railroad developer who was governor of CA, a U.S. senator, and the founding benefactor of Stanford University.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a priest’s servant, from Middle English pr(i)est ‘priest’, ‘minister’ + man ‘man’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for someone who did ironing and pressing of clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + man ‘man’.
RAILROAD FLAT
RAILROAD FLAT
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Jimmy, JIMI means "supplanter."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
An Engineer
Boy/Male
Latin
ATrojan spy.
Girl/Female
Danish, German, Swedish
Will; Wish
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements walh ‘foreigner’ + hrafn ‘raven’.English : habitational name from a place in Sussex named Waldron, from Old English w(e)ald ‘forest’ + ærn ‘house’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is now also common in Ireland, especially in Connacht.English : This is the name of a prominent NH family, established there since the 17th century. Richard Walderne (b. c. 1615) came to New England from Alchester, Warwickshire, England, about 1640 and settled at Dover, NH.
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American, Australian, British, Celtic, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Greek, Irish
Rock; Bear; Adherent of the Goddess Artemis; Bear Man; Eagle of Thor
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Arabic, Muslim
Responsive
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Australian, French, Indian
A Red; Ruby Jewel
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Tamil
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RAILROAD FLAT
RAILROAD FLAT
RAILROAD FLAT
RAILROAD FLAT
RAILROAD FLAT
n.
A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc.
n.
A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
a.
Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey.
v. t.
To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
n.
The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages.
n.
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
n.
The rails of a railroad.
v.
A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
n.
A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.
n.
A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.
n.
A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
n.
Alt. of Railway
n.
The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.
n.
A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.
n.
A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.
n.
The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
n.
An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
n.
A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.
n.
A car on a horse railroad.
n.
The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.