Hawthorne
/ˈhɔːθɔːn/ name
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Definitions
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- 1 A topographic or habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge or in a place with such a name.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Los Angeles County, California.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Alachua County, Florida.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A township in White County, Illinois.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Iowa.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An eastern neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A northern neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place, the county seat of Mineral County, Nevada.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Passaic County, New Jersey.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A district of Portland, Oregon, named after James C. Hawthorne.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood in south Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood in north-west Washington, D.C..
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; Former name of Cicero, Illinois.
- 16 An eastern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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More examples"John Hathorne (as the name was then spelled), the great-grandfather of Nathaniel Hawthorne, was a magistrate at Salem in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and officiated at the famous trials for witchcraft held there."
Etymology
Variant of Hawthorn.