Harlow

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UK/ˈhɑː.ləʊ/Canada, US/ˈhɑɹ.loʊ/Australia/ˈhɐː.ləʉ/New Zealand/ˈhɐː.lɐʉ/

proper noun

A town and local government district in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4410).

OriginOld English hær →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and local government district in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL4410).
  2. A habitational surname transferred from the place name.

    What Suomi has that Harlow did not have is technology.

    2013 May 13, Judith Shulevitz, “The Lethality of Loneliness”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2015
  3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhær“rock”
  2. EnglishHarlow

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

warhol
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APA

Harlow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Harlow

MLA

“Harlow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Harlow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Harlow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Harlow.

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