Wells

Definitions

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 and civil parish with a city council in Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5445).
4. A small town in Norfolk, England; in full, Wells-next-the-Sea.
5. A town in the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
6. A locale in the United States:
7. An unincorporated community in Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana; named for founder James Oscar Wells.
8. A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.
9. A town in York County, Maine; named for the city in England.
10. A city in Faribault County, Minnesota; named for J. W. Wells, father-in-law of Canadian-American Minnesota politician Clark W. Thompson.
11. An unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
12. A city in Elko County, Nevada.
13. A town and census-designated place therein, in Hamilton County, New York; named for land agent Joshua Wells.
14. A town in Cherokee County, Texas; named for railroad engineer Maj. E. H. Wells.
15. A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont.
16. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
17. An unincorporated community in Rockland, Manitowoc County and Rantoul, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
18. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin; named for early settler James Wells.
19. A number of townships, including in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Wells Township.

Equivalents

Examples

“The town's water supply⟳ consisted of three wells, but a new one was being dug to meet⟳ demand⟳ from the new development.”

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