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Atwater

Atwater proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Atwater (countable and uncountable, plural Atwaters)

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Merced County, California, United States.
    • A traffic camera last captured their vehicle, a silver 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer, shortly after 8 p.m. in Atwater, around 66 miles north of Fresno, the sheriff’s office said.2025 July 27, Zoe Sottile, Julia Vargas Jones, “A Sacramento mother and her 8-month-old daughter have been missing for over 10 days”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2025
  3. An unincorporated community in Upson County, Georgia, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.
  5. A city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.

Forms of Atwater

pluralAtwaters
alternative formAttwater

Origin of Atwater

From at + water, a toponymic surname for someone who lived by a river or lake.

Questions about Atwater

What does Atwater mean?
Atwater means a surname.
What part of speech is Atwater?
Atwater is a proper noun.

Words near Atwater in the dictionary

  1. ATW
  2. atwain
  3. Atwal
  4. Atwals
  5. Atwan
  6. Atwater
  7. Atwaters
  8. atween
  9. Atwell
  10. atwent
  11. atwinding

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