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/bɛl/
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A surname of Scottish and northern English origin for a bell ringer, bellmaker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)."
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“As far as I’m concerned, wives come and go, but Weezers are forever. And if Rivers [Cuomo] doesn’t realize that, then maybe he just doesn’t understand what being a Weezer is all about.” At press time, an increasingly frustrated Bell had reportedly announced plans to split off from the group and pursue projects as a solo Weezer.
The Bell telephone company (after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.)
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A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
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A female given name, variant of Belle; mostly used as a middle name in the 19th century.
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Here, Isabel, here is the good gentleman’s handkerchief; keep it for him now, till he comes to see little Bell again.
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[…] I found that her Christian name was Isabella, which they shortened into Bell, and that the name of the deceased non-commissioned officer was Tott. Being the kind of neat little woman it was natural to make a toy of—I never saw a woman so like a toy in my life—she had got the plaything name of Belltott. In short, she had no other name on the island.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Los Angeles County, California.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Gilchrist County, Florida.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States: Three townships in Pennsylvania.
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A village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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A village in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
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A rural town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
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A municipality of Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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A municipality of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Noun
a telephone utility; a Baby Bell.
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