Bow

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• (UK (places)) IPA^(key): /bəʊ/

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Bow (countable and uncountable, plural Bows)

1. A surname.
2. A place name:
   1. A place in the United Kingdom
      1. A suburb of eastern London in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3782).
      2. A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7201). ^[1]
      3. A hamlet in Ashprington parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8156). ^[2]
      4. A hamlet in Stanford in the Vale parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3494).
   2. A place in the United States
      1. An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
      2. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
      3. An unincorporated commmunity in Skagit County, Washington.
   3. Ellipsis of Bow Creek
   4. Ellipsis of Bow Street

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