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Upshaw

Upshaw proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Upshaw (plural Upshaws)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Upshaw

pluralUpshaws

Origin of Upshaw

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from Old English upp (“up; upper”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

Words formed from Upshaw

Questions about Upshaw

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

Words near Upshaw in the dictionary

  1. upsettingly
  2. upsettingness
  3. upsettings
  4. upsetts
  5. upsey
  6. Upshaw
  7. Upshaw-Schulman syndrome
  8. Upshaws
  9. upsherin
  10. upshift
  11. upshifted

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