herschel
/HH ER1 SH AH0 L/noun
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A surname.
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A male given name.
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(astronomy) One of several impact craters in the Solar System, such as the one on Mimas.
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A settlement in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after Sir John Herschel.
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A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A former settlement on Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada.
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A place name:
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(cellular automata) A heptomino shaped like the lowercase letter h, critical as a methuselah.
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(astronomy, obsolete) The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.
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