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Pound en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /paʊnd/

Etymology

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound meaning "measure of weight" and "enclosure." * As a German surname, variant of Pfund, or as a north/Low German surname, from the variants of it, Pund, Pundt, all meaning "pound," thus related to the above.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A village and town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, both named after Thaddeus C. Pound.

Forms

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Pounds Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Poundesque · Poundlike · Poundian

Relateds

Poundstone