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Hughes

proper noun

  1. family name
  2. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /hjuːz/

name

  1. A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Hugh.

    What’s happening at the Post now — I’m surprised more people haven’t drawn the comparison — is sort of comparable to the phantasmagoria of rake stomps which took place at The New Republic after Facebook billionaire Chris Hughes purchased it in 2012.

  2. A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells.
  3. A place in the United States:
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  5. A place in the United States:
  6. A place in the United States:
  7. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Billy Hughes.
  8. A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
  9. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.