hume
IPA: hjˈum
Root Word: Hume
noun
- A Scottish habitational surname from Home in Berwickshire.
- An English, Irish and Scottish surname, a variant of Holme.
- David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. Former name: Humes.
- A village in Shiloh Township and Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois.
- A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
- A township in Huron County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Bates County, Missouri.
- A town in Allegany County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Allen County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- The City of Hume, a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- A region in north-east Victoria, Australia.
- A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7041).
- An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
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Examples of "hume" in Sentences
- Hume had considerable influence.
- This was not an idle concern for Hume.
- Laas in reality was a disciple of Hume.
- Credulity and Hume's Unweaving the uncanny.
- Hume was elevated to the cardinalate in 1976.
- Cardinal Hume is the exception and not the rule.
- The naive empiricism of induction was shown to be illogical by Hume.
- Even the sober David Hume was seduced by the tragedy of Jane and Dudley.
- Brit Hume is a miniscule man when considered in the history of the world.
- Hume was overwhelmed by the flattery, particularly by the ladies of the court.
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