Napier

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English

Napier in New Zealand needed rebuilding after the 1931 earthquake

Etymology

See napery

Proper noun

Napier

  1. A Scottish surname originating as an occupation for someone who sold table linen, or was in charge of the linen of a great house.
  2. John Napier, Scottish mathematician etc.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A locality in the Riverina district, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. An unincorporated place in the township of Adelaide Metcalfe, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A city in Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.
  7. A village in Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
  8. A ghost town in Holt County, Missouri, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.

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