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Howat

Howat proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Howat

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin of Howat

From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.

Questions about Howat

What does Howat mean?
Howat means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Howat?
Howat is a proper noun.

Words near Howat in the dictionary

  1. howarditic
  2. Howards
  3. Howards Grass
  4. Howarth
  5. Howarths
  6. Howat
  7. Howatch
  8. Howatson
  9. howay
  10. howaya
  11. howbe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Howat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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