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Knowles

//noʊlz// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English. countable
  2. 2
    A placename, from the surname:; An unincorporated community in Madera County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename, from the surname:; A small town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename, from the surname:; An unincorporated community in the town of Lomira, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill, from a genitive or plural form of Middle English knol (“hilltop, hillock”).

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