Barlow

== English == === Alternative forms === Barlowe === Etymology === From Old English bere (“barley”) + hlǣw (“hill”) or lēah (“wood, clearing”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɑːləʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /bɑɹloʊ/ === Proper noun === Barlow The name of villages in north-eastern England: A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3474). A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6428). A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ1560). A habitational surname from Old English originating from one of these villages. The name of several places in the United States, either named after one of the English villages or a person bearing the surname. A minor city in Ballard County, Kentucky. An extinct town in Wayne County, Missouri. An unincorporated community in Foster County, North Dakota. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washington County, Ohio. A minor city in Clackamas County, Oregon. A community in Yukon, Canada. ==== Derived terms ==== Barlow knife Barlow's disease Barlow lens === Noun === Barlow (plural Barlows) (optics, astronomy) A Barlow lens. === References === === Anagrams === Bowral