Crook en · PROPN
Etymology
* The English surname is derived from the noun crook (“bend, hook”). * The places in Durham and Cumbria are of Brythonic origin, from crug (“hill, mound”).
Meanings
- A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1635).
- A village and civil parish (served by Crook and Winster Parish Council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4695).
- A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado, United States, named after George Crook.
- An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, so named because of a local merchant's business practices (thus being derived from crook (thief)).
- A surname.