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Whewell

/ˈhjuː.əl/

Whewell proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Whewell (plural Whewells)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Whewell

pluralWhewells

Origin of Whewell

Two origins are possible: * From Middle English Wewel, *Whewel, from Old English hweogol, hweowol (“wheel”). * From Middle English Whewall (a lost settlement in Lancashire).

Words formed from Whewell

Questions about Whewell

What does Whewell mean?
Whewell means a surname.
What part of speech is Whewell?
Whewell is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Whewell?
Whewell is pronounced /ˈhjuː.əl/.

Words near Whewell in the dictionary

  1. whew
  2. whew duck
  3. whew ducks
  4. whewed
  5. whewee
  6. Whewell
  7. Whewellian
  8. whewellite
  9. whewellites
  10. Whewells
  11. whewer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Whewell (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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