Hood

See also: hood, -hood, and 'hood

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʊd/

Proper noun

Hood (countable and uncountable, plural Hoods)

1. A surname.
   • 2023 June 2, Kaanita Iyer, “US Army renames Fort Bragg as Fort Liberty”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Last month, Fort Hood in Texas, another major military installation, was redesignated Fort Cavazos, in honor of Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars who became the first Hispanic person to wear four stars on his uniform.

2. A placename
   1. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
   2. Ellipsis of Hood County.
   3. Ellipsis of Hood River. (river)

Derived terms

• Hood County
• Hood River

See also

• Houde

Anagrams

• Hodo, hodo-

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German hôt, from Old Saxon hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. Cognate with English hood.

Noun

Hood m (plural Hoden)

1. hood; hat

Derived terms

• Hoodje