Ludlow

From the Old English rivername Hlūde, now the River Teme, + hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌd.ləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlʌd.loʊ/

Ludlow (countable and uncountable, plural Ludlows)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A town and civil parish with a town council in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5174). ^[1]
   2. A locality in the Shire of Capel, Western Australia, Australia.
   3. A rural community of Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
   4. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California.
      2. A ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado.
      3. A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
      4. A city in Kenton County, Kentucky.
      5. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
      6. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
      7. A village in Livingston County, Missouri.
      8. An unincorporated community in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
      9. An unincorporated community in Harding County, South Dakota.
      10. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
2. (geology) The Ludlow epoch.
3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ludlow is the 8534^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3856 individuals. Ludlow is most common among White (88.07%) individuals.

Ludlow (not comparable)

1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Silurian period from about 423 to 419 million years ago; marked by the appearance of the millipedes.

• Appendix:Geologic timescale

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ludlow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 470.