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 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

• Bowers (disambiguation)
• Bowery
• Wish Tree