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, Gaetz === Proper noun === Gates (countable and uncountable, plural Gateses) A topographic surname. A placename. A rural community in British Columbia, Canada. An unincorporated community in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. A town and census-designated place therein, in Monroe County, New York, United States. An unincorporated community in Gates County, North Carolina, United States. A minor city in Marion County and Linn County, Oregon, United States. A town in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States. Ellipsis of Gates County. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === 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 === === Noun === Gates genitive singular of Gate plural of Gate == Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡaː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡaː.tes] === Proper noun === Gātēs m pl (genitive Gātium); third declension A Celtic tribe of Aquitania mentioned by Caesar ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only. === References === [2]