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Ivanhoe

UK/ˈaɪvənˌhəʊ/US/ˈaɪvənˌhoʊ/

Ivanhoe proper noun: a novel by Sir Walter Scott.

Proper noun

Ivanhoe

  1. A novel by Sir Walter Scott.
  2. The hero of this novel.
  3. A surname.
  4. A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States.
  6. A township in Central Darling Shire, western New South Wales, Australia.
  7. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Banyule, Victoria, Australia

Origin of Ivanhoe

A name invented by Scott, possibly inspired by the village Ivinghoe.

Words formed from Ivanhoe

Questions about Ivanhoe

What does Ivanhoe mean?
Ivanhoe means a novel by Sir Walter Scott.
What part of speech is Ivanhoe?
Ivanhoe is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ivanhoe?
Ivanhoe is pronounced /ˈaɪvənˌhəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Ivanhoe in the dictionary

  1. Ivan Ivanovitchs
  2. Ivan the Terrible
  3. Ivana
  4. Ivanec
  5. Ivanenko
  6. Ivanhoe
  7. Ivanhoe East
  8. Ivanishvili
  9. Ivanivka
  10. Ivanivtsi
  11. Ivanić-Grad

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ivanhoe (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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