Hook
See also: hook
English
Proper noun
Hook (countable and uncountable, plural Hooks)
- A surname
- A suburb in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England.
- A town near Basingstoke in Hampshire, England.
- A village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England.
- A village near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
- A village near Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England.
- A village in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
- A rural locality in South Canterbury, New Zealand, on the Hook River.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hook is the 2680th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13437 individuals. Hook is most common among White (90.12%) individuals.
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German
Etymology
From Middle Low German hôk (“corner, angle”), from Old Saxon hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. Compare the sense “small cluster of houses” in cognate Dutch hoek.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hook m (genitive Hookes, plural Höke or Hööke)
- (regional, Westphalia, chiefly in toponyms) a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five
Usage notes
- The land shared by a Hook is typically called Esch.
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German hôk, from Old Saxon hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. More at hook.
Noun
Hook m (plural Hoken)
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