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Howgate

hamlet · Cumberland

Old EnglishAI-generated

Howgate likely means 'the gate or road by the hill'. It combines the Old English word 'hōh' (heel, or possibly a hill) with 'geat' (gate, road, passage).

Word origins

Howgate
Old EnglishGate or road by the hill(from hōh "heel, hill", geat "gate, road, passage")