Winslow

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US/ˈwɪnzloʊ/

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7728).

“"Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me".”

Similar
Asteroid Winslow
Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper nounWinslow (countable and uncountable, plural Winslows)

plural Winslows

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7728).
    2. countableuncountableA locality in Bromyard and Winslow parish, Herefordshire, England, including the hamlets of Lower and Upper Winslow (OS grid ref SO6153).
    3. countableuncountableA rural municipality in western Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Winslow No. 319.
    4. countableuncountableA city in Navajo County, Arizona.

      "Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me".

    5. countableuncountableA minor city in Washington County, Arkansas.
    6. countableuncountableA former settlement in California.
    7. countableuncountableA village and township in Stephenson County, Illinois.
    8. countableuncountableA town in Pike County, Indiana.
    9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
    10. countableuncountableA town in Kennebec County, Maine.
    11. countableuncountableA village in Dodge County, Nebraska.
    12. countableuncountableA township in Camden County, New Jersey.
    13. countableuncountableA neighbourhood (and former name) of the city of Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, Washington.
    14. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.
    15. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of 8270 Winslow: an asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.

      Synonyms: Asteroid Winslow

  2. countableuncountableA surname.
  3. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounEllipsis of 8270 Winslow: an asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.

Similar
Asteroid Winslow

Origin

  1. Old EnglishWineshlǣw
  2. Middle EnglishWynselowe
  3. EnglishWinslow

From Middle English Wynselowe, from Old English Wineshlǣw, from Wines (“Wine's”, personal name) + hlāw (“mound”).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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