Stow

See also: stow, stów, and -stow

English

Pronunciation

• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈstaʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Stow

1. A surname.
2. A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4544).
3. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8881).
4. The alternative spelling of Stowe in Shropshire, England.
5. A small town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
6. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
7. A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.

Derived terms

• Stow Bedon
• Stow Creek
• Stow cum Quy
• Stow Maries
• Stow-on-the-Wold
• Sturton by Stow (near Stow, Lincolnshire)
• West Stow

Anagrams

• OTWs, SWOT, TOWs, Tows, ow'st, swot, tows, twos, wost, wots

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stubu.

Noun

Stow f (plural Stowen, diminutive Stofkje)

1. room, chamber

Derived terms

• Akjstow (“corner room”)
• Bennastow (“interior room”)
• Dakstow (“garret”)
• Frachtstow (“ship's hold”)
• Grootestow (“living room”)
• Kjinjastow (“nursery”)
• Kjleedastow (“clothes closet”)
• Schlopstow (“bedroom”)
• Settstow (“sitting room, parlour”)
• Spälstow (“playroom”)
• Troonstow (“throne room”)
• Woakjstow (“workshop”)
• Ätstow (“dining room”)

See also

• Dak (roof)
• Däa (door)
• Fensta (window)
• Kjoakj
• Hus
• Staul

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words