Hunter

/ˈhʌntɚ/name
Middle School
1

An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a hunter.

2

A male given name transferred from the surname.

3

A river in New South Wales, Australia; flowing 300 km from the Mount Royal Range within Barrington Tops National Park into the Tasman Sea at Newcastle; named for John Hunter, 2nd Governor of New South Wales.

4

A river in Western Australia, Australia; flowing 16 km from Donkins Hill near Mitchell River National Park into the Timor Sea; named by Australian explorer Philip Parker King for James Hunter, the surgeon of King's HMS Mermaid.

5

An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.

6

A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia

7

A river in northwest Otago, New Zealand; flowing into Lake Hāwea.

8

A river in Prince Edward Island, Canada; flowing from near Hartville into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence near North Rustico.

9

A town in Woodruff County, Arkansas.

10

An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois.

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Alliteration

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Consonance

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