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Cowlishaw

Cowlishaw proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Cowlishaw (plural Cowlishaws)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Cowlishaw

pluralCowlishaws

Origin of Cowlishaw

Habitational surname from either of two minor places in Derbyshire and Lancashire, from Old English coliġ (“coaly”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

Questions about Cowlishaw

What does Cowlishaw mean?
Cowlishaw means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Cowlishaw?
Cowlishaw is a proper noun.

Words near Cowlishaw in the dictionary

  1. cowlifts
  2. cowlike
  3. Cowlin
  4. cowling
  5. cowlings
  6. Cowlishaw
  7. Cowlishaws
  8. Cowlitz
  9. Cowlitz County
  10. cowlless
  11. cowlneck

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