Stowe

American  

[stoh] / stoʊ /

noun

1. Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.

2. a town in N Vermont: ski resort.

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Stowe ¹ British  

/ stəʊ /

noun

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

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Stowe ² British  

/ stəʊ /

noun

1. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. 1811–96, US writer, whose bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) contributed to the antislavery cause

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Stowe

As Antonelli dropped down the field, amid a series of increasingly desperate radio messages, Red Bull's Max Verstappen crashed at Stowe while chasing Hamilton for second place.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war,” Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Anesthesia Partners, the FTC in 2023 also sued private-equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, alleging it orchestrated the company’s illegal market manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

"Come next week we'll be homeless again and looking for somewhere to live," Mr Stowe said.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

During the summer of 1855, Professor Calvin Stowe, Mrs. Stowe’s husband, wrote: The drama of Uncle Tom has been going on in the National Theatre of New York all summer with most unparalleled success.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry