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Water en · PROPN

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the medieval pronunciation of the name Walter. * As an English and German surname, from the noun water. * As an Irish surname, adopted as a translation from Ó Fuartháin (see Foran), mistaken for Ó Fuaruisce (“descendant of cold water”), from fuar + uisce.

Meanings

  1. A hamlet in Manaton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7580).
  2. A hamlet on the B6238 Burnley Road in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8425).
  3. A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
  4. A surname