Wells

See also: wells

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛlz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlz
• Homophone: wells

Proper noun

Wells

1. An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a well or a spring.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A small cathedral city in Somerset, England.
4. A small town in Norfolk, England, officially Wells-next-the-Sea.
5. A town in British Columbia, Canada.
6. A locale in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells.
   2. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
   3. A town in Maine; named for the city in England.
   4. A city in Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson.
   5. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
   6. A city in Elko County, Nevada.
   7. A town in New York; named for land agent Joshua Wells.
   8. A town in Texas; named for railroad engineer Maj. E. H. Wells.
   9. A town in Vermont.
   10. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
   11. An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
   12. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin; named for early settler James Wells.

Derived terms

• Jim Wells County
• Muckle-Wells syndrome
• Wellsburg
• Wells County
• Wellsean
• Wellsian
• Wells-next-the-Sea
• Wellsville

 

Anagrams

• swell