"Littlewood" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Littlewoods [plural]
Etymology: Habitational surname typical of Yorkshire, from any of several minor places so called. They are named with Old English lȳtel (“little”) + wudu (“wood”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|lȳtel||little}} Old English lȳtel (“little”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Littlewood (plural Littlewoods)
  1. A surname from Old English. Derived forms: Hardy-Littlewood circle method, Littlewood's law
    Sense id: en-Littlewood-en-name-YeJQRBqa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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