Wells
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释义与例句
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An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a well or a spring.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A small cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5445).
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A small town in Norfolk, England; in full, Wells-next-the-Sea.
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A town in the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
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A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells.
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A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.
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A locale in the United States:
A town in York County, Maine; named for the city in England.
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A locale in the United States:
A city in Faribault County, Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson.
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A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
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A locale in the United States:
A city in Elko County, Nevada.
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A locale in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Hamilton County, New York; named for land agent Joshua Wells.
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A locale in the United States:
A town in Cherokee County, Texas; named for railroad engineer Maj. E. H. Wells.
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A locale in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont.
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A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
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A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Rockland, Manitowoc County and Rantoul, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
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A locale in the United States:
A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin; named for early settler James Wells.
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A locale in the United States:
A number of townships, including in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Wells Township.
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词源
From Old English wella, genitive plural of well (“spring”), in reference to a residence near a group of springs. The original use of the genitive case here would've indicated origin. The -s ending of the modern form would be added later on upon reanalysis after the breakdown of the case system (outside of pronouns) that occurred in the development of English.
来源：wiktionary