Definitions for Powell
ˈpoʊ əl, ˈpaʊ- for 2,3 ; ˈpaʊ- for 6,4,5pow·ell

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1. Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powellnoun

   United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

2. Powell, Cecil Frank Powellnoun

   English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)

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1. Powellnoun

   An English and Welsh patronymic surname, the Anglicized form of ap Hywel, son of Hywel.

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1. powell

   Powell is primarily known as a surname of Welsh origin. It means "son of Howell," deriving from the Welsh word "ap," meaning "son of," combined with the name "Hywel." It may also refer to several geographical locations, educational institutions, or significant individuals in history, such as former US Secretary of State Colin Powell. The specific context would determine its exact meaning.

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1. Powell

   Powell is a city in Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,500 at the 2010 census. The community was first settled around 1801, two years before Ohio became a state. It was named "Middlebury" at the time, because the first settlers came from the Middlebury, Connecticut area. In 1857, Judge Thomas Powell established the first post office in the community, and the residents decided to adopt his name. Powell was finally incorporated as a municipality in 1947. The population remained small until the late 1980s, when residential development expanding from the northern Columbus metropolitan area reached Powell. In twenty years, the population rose from less than 400 to over 6,000. In July 2005, CNN Money and Money magazine ranked Powell 18 on its list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States. The general Powell area is usually interpreted to mean not only the incorporated City of Powell, but also the adjoining unincorporated areas of Liberty and Orange townships.

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1. POWELL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Powell is ranked #101 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Powell surname appeared 224,874 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 76 would have the surname Powell.
   
   67.2% or 151,115 total occurrences were White.
   27.1% or 60,986 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 5,195 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 5,150 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 1,394 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 1,034 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • General
   • Physicist
   • Statesman

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for Powell »

1. Pellow

How to pronounce Powell?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Powell in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Powell in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Powell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Powell in a Sentence

1. Ann Berry:

   Powell has been stuck between a rock and a hard place from the moment he became Chair.

2. Zach Renstrom:

   If we stop construction water, that act alone would lay off about 20% of our county, we’ve made a commitment that we’re going to make sure to be good stewards of every single drop of water that’s already here and make sure we’re utilizing that. But when we look at our long-term growth and you know how much water we need, (the Lake Powell Pipeline) is still in our long-term plan.

3. Pat Keon:

   Money is taken out of play like this, particularly in stocks, during times of uncertainty, federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has pointed to the current uncertainty multiple times in the recent past with respect to the U.S.-China trade war, global growth concerns and the still tepid inflation data.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   I also know that there were reports today about the hundreds of officials and the thousand emails that they were sending back and forth that have been looked at and classified retroactively. This really raises serious questions about this whole process, i think Colin Powell summed it up well.

5. Paul Miller:

   This one good year is not enough to alleviate the stress on the Colorado River, it’s going to take multiple of these consecutive above-average years to fill a lot of the major reservoirs, especially Lake Powell.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Powell
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Powell
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Powell
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Powell