"Low" meaning in English

See Low in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Lows [plural]
Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, from the obsolete noun low (“mound, barrow”). * Also as an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective low. * Also as an English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman leu (“wolf”). * Also as a Scottish surname, from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry. * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Löwe, Lowe, Loew. * As a Chinese surname, variant of Lau, Lou; also Li, Luo. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nrf|-}} Norman, {{der|en|xno|leu|t=wolf}} Anglo-Norman leu (“wolf”), {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Lows}} Low (plural Lows)
  1. A surname. Derived forms: Balian-Low theorem, Gell-Mann and Low theorem, Low basis theorem, Lowville

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