Gates
See also: gates
English edit
Etymology edit
From gate. A topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɡeɪts/
- Homophones: gaits, gates
Proper noun edit
Gates (countable and uncountable, plural Gateses)
- A topographic surname.
- A placename
- A rural community in British Columbia, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Nebraska, United States.
- A town in New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States.
- A city in Oregon, United States.
- A town in Tennessee, United States.
- Ellipsis of Gates County.
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See also edit
References edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gates”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
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Noun edit
Gates
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡaː.teːs/, [ˈɡäːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.tes/, [ˈɡäːt̪es]
Proper noun edit
Gātēs m pl (genitive Gātium); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Gātēs |
Genitive | Gātium |
Dative | Gātibus |
Accusative | Gātēs Gātīs |
Ablative | Gātibus |
Vocative | Gātēs |