Definition of "Coates"

(countable) A surname.  examples

A placename:

1. A number of places in England:

   1. A village in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3097).  examples

   2. A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9700).  examples

   3. A suburban area and ward in Barnoldswick parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8847).  examples

   4. A hamlet in Stow parish, West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, seemingly the same as Coates by Stow (OS grid ref SK9083).  examples

   5. A hamlet in North Leverton with Habblesthorpe parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8281).  examples

   6. A hamlet in Barlavington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9917).  examples

2. A suburb of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland, west of the city centre (OS grid ref NT2373).  examples

3. A minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.  examples

plural of Coate  examples