"Ball" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Multiple theories and origins. * From a short form of the Middle English given name Baldwin. * A toponymic surname for a person that lives near a knoll or rounded hill (i.e. somewhere shaped like a ball). * From the Old Norse given name Balle. * A habitational surname for a person from Ball, Cornwall, from Cornish Pelen. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|Baldwin}} Baldwin, {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{m|non|Balle}} Balle, {{der|en|kw|Pelen}} Cornish Pelen Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ball
  1. An English surname.
    Sense id: en-Ball-en-name-2R-TG-Sa Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A town in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. Categories (place): Places in Louisiana, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Louisiana, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Ball-en-name-m-ubrF30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 77 9
  3. A hamlet in Egloshayle parish, on the eastern outskirts of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0073). Categories (place): Places in Cornwall, England, Places in England, Villages in Cornwall, England, Villages in England
    Sense id: en-Ball-en-name-5cW3ow7V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ballsbridge, Ball's pipefish, Ballston

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