a town in SE North Carolina.
a male given name.
1860–65, named after Sir Henry Havelock (1795–1857), English general in India
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We had planned to spend three days in Havelock and in the morning we packed snacks and sandwiches, gathered excited children and headed out to catch the ferry from Phoenix Bay jetty in Port Blair.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
Inspired by the story of John Addington Symonds and Havelock Ellis, two British scholars of homosexuality in a deeply homophobic Victorian era, Crewe’s debut is by turns lusty, elegant and deeply informed by history.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
Mr. Tyson badly strained his voice in 2006 at the Havelock Country Jamboree in Ontario, and a virus a year later caused further and irreversible damage.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
But the real draw of the Andamans is Havelock Island.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022
She told me that it was a cap that has a flap of cloth attached to cover the neck, named after Sir Henry Havelock, the man who invented it.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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