Homewood

H4O1M3E1W4O1O1D2

proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English hām →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

proper nounHomewood (countable and uncountable, plural Homewoods)

plural Homewoods

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Old English.
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in south-central Manitoba, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
  4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States.
  5. countableuncountableA village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
  6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, United States.
  7. countableuncountableA borough of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
  9. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhām“homestead”
  2. EnglishHomewood

Habitational surname from any of various minor places in England, from Old English hām (“homestead”) + wudu (“wood”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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