Webb

//wɛb// name

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  1. 1
    An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.

    "The 1.2-meter-diameter (4-foot-diameter) telescope has set off on a monthlong journey to its orbital destination of the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, which is nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away from Earth and also home to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Euclid will keep pace with Earth as our planet orbits the sun."

  2. 2
    A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Webb No. 138.
  3. 3
    A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipality.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Houston County, Alabama.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Clay County, Iowa.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Herkimer County, New York.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Webb County, Texas.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.

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first baron passfieldmartha beatrice potter webb

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"The first man that succeed in swimming the Channel was Captain Webb."

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Billy WebbWebb County

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