Webb

See also: webb

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛb/

Proper noun

Webb (plural Webbs)

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
   • 2021 December 24, Don Lincoln, “The telescope that will replace Hubble will launch on Christmas. Here’s why it matters”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The 1.2-meter-diameter (4-foot-diameter) telescope has set off on a monthlong journey to its orbital destination of the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, which is nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away from Earth and also home to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Euclid will keep pace with Earth as our planet orbits the sun.

2. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Webb No. 138.
3. A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipality.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Houston County, Alabama.
   2. A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
   3. A minor city in Clay County, Iowa.
   4. A town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
   5. A town in Herkimer County, New York.
   6. An unincorporated community in Webb County, Texas.
   7. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

• Billy Webb
• Webb County

See also

• Webber
• Webbs Creek
• Weber
• Webster

Anagrams

• Ebbw, bewb