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Hookway

Hookway proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Hookway (plural Hookways)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Hookway

pluralHookways

Origin of Hookway

Habitational surname from a minor place near Crediton, Devon, from Old English hōc (“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”) + weġ (“way, path, road”).

Questions about Hookway

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

Words near Hookway in the dictionary

  1. hookum
  2. hookum-snivey
  3. hookums
  4. hookup
  5. hookups
  6. Hookway
  7. Hookways
  8. hookwise
  9. Hookwood
  10. hookworm
  11. hookworms

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