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harewood¹

noun airwood · hairwood

  1. uncountable stained sycamore maple wood, used in cabinet making

Harewood²

  • /ˈhɛːwʊd/ UK

Where it comes from

From Old English hāra, definite form of hār (“grey”) + wudu (“wood, forest”).

proper noun Harewoods

  1. countable, uncountable A civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England, served by Llanwarne and District Group Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5328).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2245).
  3. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, and the location of Christchurch Airport.
  6. countable, uncountable A surname.
  7. countable, uncountable An English earldom.

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@misc{harewood_2026,
  title = {harewood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/harewood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}