Gates

See also: gates

English

Etymology

From gate. A topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪts/
• Homophones: gaits, gates

Proper noun

Gates (countable and uncountable, plural Gateses)

1. A topographic surname.
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2. A placename.
   1. A rural community of British Columbia, Canada.
   2. An unincorporated community in Nebraska, United States.
   3. A town in New York, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States.
   5. A city in Oregon, United States.
   6. A town in Tennessee, United States.
   7. Ellipsis of Gates County.

Derived terms

• County of Gates
• Gates County
• Gatesville

 

Translations

surname

• Armenian: Գեյթս (Geytʻs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓋茨／盖茨 (zh) (Gàicí)

• Russian: Гейтс (ru) (Gejts)

See also

• Gaetz
• Gate

 

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gates”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.

Anagrams

• Geats, Stage, agest, e-tags, geats, getas, stage

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Gates

1. genitive singular of Gate
2. plural of Gate

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaː.teːs/, [ˈɡäːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tes/, [ˈɡäːt̪es]

Proper noun

Gātēs m pl (genitive Gātium); third declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Aquitania mentioned by Caesar

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Gātēs
Genitive	Gātium
Dative	Gātibus
Accusative	Gātēs Gātīs
Ablative	Gātibus
Vocative	Gātēs

References

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