Atwood

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈætˌwʊd/

Proper noun

Atwood (countable and uncountable, plural Atwoods)

  1. A surname; an English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.
    • 2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 19 August 2023:
      The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.
  2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Logan County, Colorado, United States, derived from the surname.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Rawlins County, Kansas, United States.

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