Howe may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Howe (surname) Howe is an English surname. Howe, when derived from the non, haugr, means hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to a tumulus, or barrow. However, when derived from ang, hol, it can refer to a hollow or dell.Eric Partridge (1977), ''Origins: A Shor ...
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Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (1788–1845), Irish peer and colonial governor
Titles
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Earl Howe
Earl Howe is a title that has been created twice in British history, for members of the Howe and Curzon-Howe family respectively.
The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was in 1788 for Richard Howe, but became extinct on hi ...
, two titles, an extinct one in the Peerage of Great Britain and an extant one in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Howe baronets, two extinct titles in the Baronetage of England
Places
Antarctica
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Mount Howe
Mount Howe () is an elongated mountain in Antarctica, high, comprising low connecting ridges and gable-shaped nunataks. It rises at the east side of Scott Glacier, near the head, directly opposite Mount McIntyre. This mountain, including its sm ...
, Marie Byrd Land
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Howe Glacier, Queen Maud Mountains
Australia
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Cape Howe, on the border between New South Wales and Victoria, Australia
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Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland ...
, Australia
Canada
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Howe Sound
Howe Sound (french: Baie (de /d')Howe, squ, Átl'ka7tsem, Nexwnéwu7ts, Txwnéwu7ts) is a roughly triangular sound, that joins a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia. It was designated as a UNESCO Biosp ...
, British Columbia
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Howe Island, Ontario
United Kingdom
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Howe, North Yorkshire, a small village and civil parish
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Howe, Norfolk
Howe is a village and civil parish in South Norfolk, England. It is situated between Poringland, Brooke and Shotesham. It covers an area of and had a population of 54 in 21 households at the 2001 census.
Howe, from the Old Norse word ''haug ...
, a village and civil parish
United States
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Howe, Idaho, an unincorporated community
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Howe, Indiana
Howe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census its population was 807.
History
Howe was settled in 1834. At that time, it was named "Mongoquinong", a name that th ...
, an unincorporated census-designated place
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Howe, Minneapolis, a neighborhood in the city of Minneapolis
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Howe, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
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Howe, Oklahoma, a town
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Howe, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
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Howe, Texas
Howe is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,451 in the 2020 U.S. Census. It is part of the Sherman– Denison metropolitan statistical area.
History
The first settlers in the area arrived around the time o ...
, a town
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Howe Township (disambiguation)
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Howe Caverns
Howe Caverns is a cave in Howes Cave, Schoharie County, New York. Howe Caverns is a popular tourist attraction, providing visitors with a sense of caving or spelunking, without needing the advanced equipment and training usually associated with su ...
, New York
Elsewhere
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Île Howe, one of the Kerguelen Islands
Historic buildings
United States
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Howe House (Cambridge, Massachusetts), on the National Register of Historic Places
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Howe Building
The Howe Building is a historic commercial building at 208 Middlesex Street in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts. The four story brick building was built in 1883, and is one of the city's finest Queen Anne commercial buildings. Its architecturally ...
, Lowell, Massachusetts, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Howe Barn
The Howe Barn is a historic barn, that has been converted into a house, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States. It is important as one of a small number of surviving First Period barn frames in Essex County. Family tradition places the con ...
, Ipswich, Massachusetts, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Howe Tavern (College Corner, Ohio)
The Howe Tavern is a historic former hotel in the Butler County portion of College Corner, Ohio, United States. Constructed before the village was founded, it remained a hotel into the late 20th century, and it has been named a historic site.
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, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Wayside Inn (Sudbury)
The Wayside Inn is a historic inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States. The inn is included on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the listed Wayside Inn Historic District. It became an inn, called Howe's Tavern, in 1716, m ...
, originally called the Howe Tavern, part of the
Wayside Inn Historic District
The Wayside Inn Historic District is a historic district on Old Boston Post Road in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The district contains the Wayside Inn, a historic landmark that is one of the oldest inns in the country, operating as Howe's Tavern ...
in Sudbury, Massachusetts
England
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Castle Howe
Castle Howe is a motte and bailey castle in the town of Kendal, England.
History
Castle Howe was built after the Norman conquest of England, either in 1087 by the Norman nobleman Ivo Taillebois, or by the nobleman Ketel some time after 11 ...
, Kendal, Cumbria
Schools in the United States
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Howe High School (disambiguation) Howe High School may refer to:
*Howe High School (Howe, Oklahoma)
* Howe High School (Texas), Howe, Texas
*Thomas Carr Howe Community High School
Thomas Carr Howe Community High School was a secondary school in Indianapolis that served grades 7� ...
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Howe Military Academy
Howe Military Academy was a private, co-educational and college preparatory boarding school located on a campus in Howe, Indiana
Howe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. As o ...
, Howe, Indiana
Other uses
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Howe & Co
Howe & Co Solicitors is a firm of human rights solicitors based in Brentford, London, England. The firm has in excess of 100 staff, and specialises in human rights cases, employment law, defamation, civil litigation, public law and personal injur ...
, a firm of solicitors in London, England
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Tumulus
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or '' kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones ...
See also
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How (disambiguation)
How may refer to:
* How (greeting), a word used in some misrepresentations of Native American/First Nations speech
* How, an interrogative word in English grammar
Art and entertainment Literature
* ''How'' (book), a 2007 book by Dov Seidma ...
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Hau (disambiguation)
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Hao (disambiguation)
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