Howe may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Howe (surname) Howe is an English language, English surname. Howe, when derived from the , means hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to a tumulus, or Bowl barrow, barrow. However, when derived from , it can refer to a hollow or Dell (landform), dell.Eric Partridge ...
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Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo
Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo (18 May 1788, London – 26 January 1845, Tunbridge Wells), was an Anglo-Irish peer and colonial governor, styled Viscount Westport until 1800 and Earl of Altamont from 1800 to 1809.
Early life
Howe Bro ...
(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, 4th Viscount Howe, but it ...
, 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, Marie Byrd Land
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Howe Glacier, Queen Maud Mountains
Australia
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Cape Howe
Cape Howe is a coastal headland in eastern Australia, forming the south-eastern end of the Black-Allan Line, a portion of the border between New South Wales and Victoria.
History
Cape Howe was named by Captain Cook
Captain James Cook ...
, 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 Port ...
, Australia
Canada
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Howe Sound
Howe Sound (, ) is a roughly triangular sound (geography), sound, that joins a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2021.
Geography
Howe Sound ...
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Howe Island, Ontario
Germany
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Howe, Hamburg
United Kingdom
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Howe, North Yorkshire
Howe is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Ainderby Quernhow and the A61 and west of Thirsk. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2015. In the 2011 census th ...
, a small village and civil parish
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Howe, Norfolk, a village and civil parish
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Howe, Orkney, a small settlement
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Howe of Fife
The Howe of Fife is the broad, low-lying valley of the River Eden, lying between the Ochil Hills and the Lomond Hills in Fife, Scotland. ''Howe'', in Scots means a hollow or a plain bounded by hills. The alternative terms ''Laich of Fife'' and ...
, a low-lying valley in Scotland
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 ...
, an unincorporated census-designated place
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Howe, Minneapolis
Howe is a neighborhood within the larger Longfellow community in Minneapolis. It is bordered by the Cooper and Longfellow neighborhoods to the north, Corcoran and Standish to the west, Hiawatha to the south, and the Mississippi River to t ...
, a neighborhood in the city of Minneapolis
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Howe, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
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Howe, Oklahoma
Howe is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 802 at the 2010 census, a gain of 15.1 percent over the figure of 697 recorded in 2000. ...
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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 3,571 in the 2020 United States census. It is part of the Sherman, Texas, Sherman–Denison, Texas, Denison Sherman–Denison metropolitan area, metropolitan statist ...
, a town
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Howe Township (disambiguation) Howe Township may refer to:
* Howe Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania
* Howe Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania
*Howe Township, Grant County, North Dakota, in Grant County, North Dakota
Grant County is a County (United States), county in ...
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Howe Caverns
Howe Caverns is a limestone solutional cave, operated as a show cave, in the hamlet of Howes Cave, Schoharie County, New York. Howe Caverns is a popular tourist attraction, providing visitors with a sense of caving or spelunking, without needin ...
, New York
Elsewhere
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ÃŽle Howe
ÃŽle Howe is one of the islands of the Kerguelen Islands, Kerguelen archipelago, situated to the north of ÃŽle Foch, just after ÃŽle MacMurdo. It is about 8 km in length. Apart from rabbits, it is free of introduced species, introduced anima ...
, one of the Kerguelen Islands
Historic buildings
United States
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Howe House (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
The Howe House is an historic house at 6 Appleton Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The -story wood-frame house was built in 1887 for Lois Lillie (White) Howe, the mother of Lois Lilley Howe. Howe had the house built following the death of ...
, 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 architecturall ...
, 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 co ...
, 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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Wayside Inn (Sudbury)
The Wayside Inn is a historic inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, 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, making it one of the oldest con ...
, 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, Kendal, Cumbria
Scotland
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Maes Howe
Maeshowe (or Maes Howe; ) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around . In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which ...
, Stenness, Orkney
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Mine Howe
Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters (20 feet) deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. The origin of ...
, Tankerness, Orkney
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The Howe, Stromness, Orkney
Schools in the United States
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Howe High School (disambiguation)
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Howe Military Academy, Howe, Indiana
Other uses
* , several British warships
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Howe & Co, a firm of solicitors in London, England
* A synonym for
tumulus
A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found through ...
, a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves
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 Seidman ...
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Hau (disambiguation)
Hau or HAU may refer to:
People and characters
* Hau, a character in Pokémon Sun and Moon
* Hau (mythology), a Polynesian wind god
* Hau (surname)
* Hau Latukefu (AKA Hau, born 1976), Australian hip hop musician and radio host
Places
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Hao (disambiguation)
Hao or HAO may refer to:
People
* Hao (surname) (Chinese: )
* Hao (given name)
* Hao (video gamer), Chinese professional ''Dota 2'' player
* Heather O'Reilly, Professional soccer player
Places
* Hao (city), or Haojing (), capital of the W ...
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