Definition of "Barlow"

The name of villages in north-eastern England:

1. A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3474).  examples

2. A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6428).  examples

3. A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ1560).  examples

A habitational surname from Old English originating from one of these villages.  examples

The name of several places in the United States, either named after one of the English villages or a person bearing the surname.

1. A minor city in Ballard County, Kentucky.  examples

2. An extinct town in Wayne County, Missouri.  examples

3. An unincorporated community in Foster County, North Dakota.  examples

4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Washington County, Ohio.  examples

5. A minor city in Clackamas County, Oregon.  examples

A community in Yukon, Canada.  examples

(optics, astronomy) A Barlow lens.  examples