Adams

Adams

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Johannes Michael Friedrich Adams (1780-1838).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

• IPA^(key): /ˈædəmz/

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(fishing fly): Named after Charles Adams, who asked his friend Leonard Halladay to design the fly.

• Addams (rare)

Adams (countable and uncountable, plural Adamses)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Adam.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Lake County, California.
   2. Former name of Corte Madera, California.
   3. An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana.
   4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
   5. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
   6. A town and census-designated place therein, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
   7. A minor city in Mower County, Minnesota.
   8. A minor city in Walsh County, North Dakota.
   9. A village in Gage County, Nebraska.
   10. An unincorporated community in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
   11. A town and village therein, in Jefferson County, New York.
   12. An unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma.
   13. A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon.
   14. A former community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
   15. A minor city in Robertson County, Tennessee.
   16. A city and town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
   17. A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
   18. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
   19. An unincorporated community in Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
   20. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Adams Township.
3. A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

   Coordinate terms: Adams, Bacarra, Bandoc, Bangui, Banna, Batac, Burgos, Carasi, Currimao, Dingras, Dumalneg, Laoag, Marcos, Nueva Era, Pagudpud, Paoay, Pasuquin, Piddig, Pinili, San Nicolas, Sarrat, Solsona, Vintar — cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte

4. The only barangay in the municipality of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

• → Translingual: Adams
• ⇒ Translingual: adamsii

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Adams is the 42^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 427,865 individuals. Adams is most common among White (74.0%) and Black/African American (19.9%) individuals.

Adams (plural Adamses)

1. (fishing) A kind of dry fly primarily used for trout.
   • 1991, Ed Engle, Fly Fishing the Tailwaters, page 96:

     Although I still carry traditionally tied Adamses and a few Ginger Quills and the like, I now fish paraduns almost exclusively when […]

Adams

1. plural of Adam

• Samad

Adams

1. a municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines
2. the only barangay in the municipality of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

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