Stowe

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/stəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(stō)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Stowe  (stō),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
  2. Place Namesa town in N Vermont: ski resort. 531.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Stowe / stəʊ/
  1. a mansion near Buckingham in N Buckinghamshire: built and decorated in the 17th and 18th centuries by Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, Grinling Gibbons, and William Kent; formerly the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham; fine landscaped gardens: now occupied by a public school
Stowe / stəʊ/
  1. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. 1811–96, US writer, whose bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) contributed to the antislavery cause
'Stowe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Beecher - Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom - Uncle Tom's Cabin

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