Underwood
See also: underwood
English edit
Etymology edit
The name is from England or Scotland, and from Middle English. The surname is sometimes habitational, used by someone who lived in any of several places of the same name. Otherwise it is topographic, referring to someone who lived near a wood. The common noun comes from the name of the manufacturer, after John T. Underwood, one of its founders.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Underwood (plural Underwoods)
- A typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.
Proper noun edit
Underwood
- A surname from Middle English.
- A village in Nottinghamshire, England.
- A settlement in Bishton community, City of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3889).
- A city in Iowa.
- A city and town in Minnesota.
- A city in North Dakota.