Ostrow
English
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editProper noun
editOstrow (plural Ostrows)
- A surname.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ostrow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German Low German
editEtymology
editNoun
editOstrow m
- (Low Prussian) island in rivers and lakes
References
edit- Frischbier, Hermann (1882–1883) “Ostrow”, in Preußisches Wörterbuch. Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer (in German), volume 2, Berlin: Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin. (Adolph Enslin.), page 114