English Explanatory Dictionary

Knowles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
  3. An unincorporated community in Madera County, California, United States.
  4. A small town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in the town of Lomira, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.

Pronunciation

/noʊlz/

Word forms

Knowles Knowleses Knoles Knollys Noles

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the top of a hill, from a genitive or plural form of Middle English knol (“hilltop, hillock”).

Derived words

Mount Knowles
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