Bower
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Bower may refer to:
- A folly built by a bowerbird to attract a mate
- A dwelling or lean-to shelter, also known as a pergola
- An anchor carried at the bow of a ship
- Bower Manuscript, a Sanskrit manuscript
- Bower–Barff process, a method of coating iron or steel with magnetic iron oxide
- Julian's Bower, turf mazes
- 1639 Bower, an asteroid
- Bower (software), a system for managing software packages
Bower may also be:
- An altered spelling of the German family name Bauer
- The right bower and left bower (or bauer), the two highest-ranking cards in the game of euchre
- A woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle – cf. boudoir
People
- Bower (surname)
- Bower (crossword compiler) whose real name is Roger Squires
- Bower, Character in the film Green Street Hooligans
Places
- Bower Hinton, a part of the village of Martock, Somerset, United Kingdom
- Bower Ashton, a district of Bristol, England
- Bower's Hill, Virginia, a community located in the independent city of Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.
- Havering-atte-Bower, a village in the London Borough of Havering, England
- Fairy Bower, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
- Bower, South Australia
- Bower, Northumberland
- Bower, Highland, a parish of the former county of Caithness
- Bower, Nebraska, a ghost town in the United States
- Bower, West Virginia, a ghost town in the United States
- West Bower Manor, Durleigh, Somerset, England
- West Bower ( Bower Delamere ) "Bur" - Domesday Book 1086
See also
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