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Definitions for powell
ˈpoʊ əl, ˈpaʊ- for 2,3 ; ˈpaʊ- for 6,4,5pow·ell
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Princeton's WordNet
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)
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)
Wiktionary
Powellnoun
An English and Welsh patronymic surname, the Anglicized form of ap Hywel, son of Hywel.
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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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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.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Pellow
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of powell in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of powell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of powell in a Sentence
Several years of below-normal snowpack across the Intermountain West mountains that supply the Colorado River Basin will continue to increase the water supply stress, which was already in jeopardy due to population increase, we recently saw this impact reservoir storage and lake levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell. Within the last year, both Lake Powell and Lake Mead have observed their lowest reservoir storage levels in 30 years.
If we end up drying out Lake Powell and Lake Mead and get to the situation where Lake Powell's unrecoverable, I can't imagine what the cost of Lake Powell will be, i'm glad we have a down payment that will buy us some time.
With positioning in equities, bonds and energy all heavily weighted to this outcome, the resulting correction from a lack of Powell love could be both ugly and emotional.
I opposed Chair Powell for his initial nomination, but his re-nomination. I opposed him because of his views on regulation and what he was doing to weaken regulation, but I think he’s failing in both jobs, both as oversight manager of these big banks which is his job and also what he’s doing with inflation.
What the Market wanted to hear from Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve was that this was the beginning of a lengthy and aggressive rate-cutting cycle which would keep pace with China, The European Union and other countries around the world, as usual, Powell let us down.
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