Wells

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• IPA^(key): /wɛlz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlz
• Homophone: wells

Wells

1. An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a well or a spring.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A small cathedral city in Somerset, England.
4. A small town in Norfolk, England, officially Wells-next-the-Sea.
5. A town in British Columbia, Canada.
6. A locale in the United States.
   1. A town in Maine; named for the city in England.
   2. A city in Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson.
   3. A city in Elko County, Nevada.
   4. A town in Vermont.
   5. A town in Texas; named for railroad engineer Maj. E. H. Wells.
   6. A town in New York; named for land agent Joshua Wells.
   7. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin; named for early settler James Wells.
   8. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells.
   9. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
   10. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
   11. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
   12. An unincorporated community in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

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