Webb

See also: webb

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛb/

Proper noun

Webb (plural Webbs)

  1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a weaver.
    • 2021 December 24, Don Lincoln, “The telescope that will replace Hubble will launch on Christmas. Here’s why it matters”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery:
      The 1.2-meter-diameter (4-foot-diameter) telescope has set off on a monthlong journey to its orbital destination of the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, which is nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away from Earth and also home to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Euclid will keep pace with Earth as our planet orbits the sun.
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  2. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Webb No. 138.
  3. A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipality.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Houston County, Alabama.
    2. A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
    3. A minor city in Clay County, Iowa.
    4. A town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
    5. A town in Herkimer County, New York.
    6. An unincorporated community in Webb County, Texas.
    7. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.

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