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Harlow

/ˈhaɹ.loʊ/

Harlow proper noun: a town and local government district in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4410).

Proper noun

Harlow

  1. A town and local government district in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4410).
  2. A habitational surname transferred from the place name.
    • What Suomi has that Harlow did not have is technology.2013 May 13, Judith Shulevitz, “The Lethality of Loneliness”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2015
  3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Origin of Harlow

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).

Words formed from Harlow

Questions about Harlow

What does Harlow mean?
Harlow means a town and local government district in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4410).
What part of speech is Harlow?
Harlow is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Harlow?
Harlow is pronounced /ˈhaɹ.loʊ/.

Words near Harlow in the dictionary

  1. harlotries
  2. harlotry
  3. harlots
  4. harlotted
  5. harlotting
  6. Harlow
  7. Harlowe
  8. Harlowton
  9. harls
  10. Harlyn
  11. harm

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