Agnew
/ˈæɡ.nu/ name
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- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename, from the surname:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename, from the surname:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Grand Haven Township, Ottawa County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename, from the surname:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lancaster County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename, from the surname:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename, from the surname:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename, from the surname:; A ghost town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia. countable, uncountable
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Two possible origins: * Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Agneaux, in Normandy. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gnímh (“descendant of Gníomh”), a byname from gníomh (“action, deed, act”).