HOV

H4O1V4
/eɪt͡ʃ əʊ ˈviː/

proper noun

A village on Suðuroy, Faroe Islands.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

HOV1

nounHOV (plural HOVs)

plural HOVs

  1. USabbreviationinitialismautomotiveInitialism of high-occupancy vehicle.

    Ultimately, Ms. Bottone said she just wanted to know whether she could keep driving in the H.O.V. lane for the remainder of her pregnancy, as she said she had in her previous pregnancies, long before the overturning of Roe.

    2022 July 12, Luke Vander Ploeg, “Can You Drive Alone in the H.O.V. Lane if You’re Pregnant? A Post-Roe Quandary.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2022
    1 more example

    Build Alternatives 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, and 6b propose the same geometric footprint, include an I-80 managed lane direct connector (to provide a direct connection of the HOV 2+ managed lane by flying over US-50 at the I-80/US-50 Interchange) but would incorporate different managed lane types (Figure 1.3-2).

    2024 May 1, “Yolo 80 Corridor Improvements Project”, in Caltrans, page 7
  2. USabbreviationinitialismtraffic controlInitialism of high-occupancy vehicle lane.
  3. abbreviationinitialismnauticalInitialism of human-occupied vehicle.

Hov2

proper noun
  1. A village, the administrative centre of Søndre Land municipality, Innlandet, Norway.

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APA

HOV. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HOV

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“HOV.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HOV. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HOV,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HOV.

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