Napier

Meaning

1. A Scottish surname originating as an occupation for someone who sold table linen, or was in charge of the linen of a great house.
2. John Napier, Scottish mathematician etc.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A locality in the Riverina district, New South Wales, Australia.
5. An unincorporated place in the township of Adelaide Metcalfe, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
6. A city in Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand.
7. A village in Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
8. A ghost town in Holt County, Missouri, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.

Etymology

See napery

Sentences

A preserved Napier Gazelle is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London .