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Littlewood

Littlewood proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Littlewood (plural Littlewoods)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Littlewood

pluralLittlewoods

Origin of Littlewood

Habitational surname typical of Yorkshire, from any of several minor places so called. They are named with Old English lȳtel (“little”) + wudu (“wood”).

Words formed from Littlewood

Questions about Littlewood

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

Words near Littlewood in the dictionary

  1. Littlestone-on-Sea
  2. Littlethunder
  3. Littleton
  4. Littleton and Harestock
  5. Littletons
  6. Littlewood
  7. Littlewood's law
  8. Littlewoods
  9. Littleworth
  10. Littleworths
  11. littlie

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