"Elwood" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Elwoods [plural]
Etymology: From the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold, which is composed of the Old English elements ælf (“elf”) and weald (“rule”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|Elwald}} Elwald, {{m|enm|Elwold}} Elwold, {{m|enm|Alwold}} Alwold, {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|ang|ælf||elf}} ælf (“elf”), {{m|ang|weald||rule}} weald (“rule”) Head templates: {{en-prop|~|s}} Elwood (countable and uncountable, plural Elwoods)
  1. (countable) A surname transferred from the given name. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-7rrtY8Fk Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
  2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Melbourne, Places in Victoria, Suburbs in Victoria
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-uIJMqbN0
  3. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    A number of places in the United States:
    A village in Will County, Illinois.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Illinois, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-TmsZkBhb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
  4. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    A number of places in the United States:
    A city in Madison County and Tipton County, Indiana.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Indiana, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Indiana, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-yTBba5H8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
  5. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    A number of places in the United States:
    A small city in Doniphan County, Kansas.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Kansas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Kansas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-S6eG82g4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
  6. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-ey-Ewlkx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
  7. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    A number of places in the United States:
    A village, the county seat of Gosper County, Nebraska.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Nebraska, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Nebraska, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-JwXC1iVK Categories (other): County seats of Nebraska, USA, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
  8. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    A number of places in the United States:
    An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mullica Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in New Jersey, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in New Jersey, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in New Jersey, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-lScBKwGt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
  9. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    A number of places in the United States:
    A census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in New York, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in New York, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-vJt2F-NA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
  10. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    A number of places in the United States:
    A town in Box Elder County, Utah.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Utah, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Utah, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Elwood-en-name-r90RgzE3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Allwood [surname], Ellwood [surname]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Elwood meaning in English (19.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.