Meanings
plural Caldwells · alternative Caudwell · alternative Cauldwell
- countableuncountableA locality in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
- countableuncountableA community in New Brunswick, Canada.
- countableuncountableA small village in Cauldwell parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2517).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ1613).
- countableuncountableA locality in the Murray River council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
- A number of places in the United States:
- countableuncountableA city in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
- countableuncountableA ghost town in Fresno County, California.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho.
- countableuncountableA city in Sumner County, Kansas.
- countableuncountableA borough in Essex County, New Jersey.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
- countableuncountableA village, the county seat of Noble County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Burleson County, Texas.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Racine County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
But today they’re Darrell and Devante Caldwell, co-defendants in royal blue prison garb. Along with six others, the Caldwells are alleged to have botched a hit on the rapper RJ, leaving one alleged Inglewood Family Bloods member, Davion Gregory, dead and two other people injured.
2019 February 5, Torii MacAdams, “The New Generation of LA Rap Is Changing Everything”, in VICE
Origin
- Old Englishcald“cold”
- EnglishCaldwell
From Old English cald (“cold”) + wielle (“well, spring”).
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