Hughes
Common Celtic patronymic
Hughes is a surname of Welsh origin, meaning "son of Hugh." It appears across English-speaking countries as a common family name.
Notable bearers include poet Langston Hughes, aviator Howard Hughes, and poet Ted Hughes.
The name also identifies Hughes Aircraft Company and other businesses founded by people of that name.
Enormous wooden seaplane prototype
- flying boatAircraft with boat hull
- aviatorOne who pilots aircraft
- test pilotAviator who evaluates new aircraft
- TWAFormer American airline
reconnaissance · aviation pioneer · altitude record · seaplane · transcontinental · Howard · aeronautics · cockpit
- Harlem RenaissanceBlack arts explosion, 1920s
- jazz poetryPoems echoing improvisational music
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
blues · racial pride · vernacular · African American literature · syncopation · social justice · Zora Neale Hurston
Of a Celtic nation
- patronymicName from father's name
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- ancestryFamily line of descent
lineage · clan · descent · bloodline · kin · relatives · kinship · forebears
Iconic eighties detention film
- Ferris BuellerFamous movie skipper
- Sixteen CandlesAdolescent birthday milestone
- Pretty in PinkEighties teen romantic drama
- Home AloneUnaccompanied at residence
coming-of-age · Brat Pack · Molly Ringwald · suburban · 1980s · comedy · screenwriter · Chicago
Spruce Goose
Enormous wooden seaplane prototype
- flying boatAircraft with boat hull
- aviatorOne who pilots aircraft
- test pilotAviator who evaluates new aircraft
TWA · reconnaissance · aviation pioneer · altitude record · seaplane · transcontinental · Howard · aeronautics · cockpit · hangar
Langston
- Harlem RenaissanceBlack arts explosion, 1920s
- jazz poetryPoems echoing improvisational music
- montageAssembled sequence of images
bebop · blues · racial pride · vernacular · African American literature · syncopation · social justice · Zora Neale Hurston
Welsh
Of a Celtic nation
- patronymicName from father's name
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
ancestry · lineage · clan · descent · bloodline · kin · relatives · kinship · forebears · heritage
Breakfast Club
Iconic eighties detention film
- Ferris BuellerFamous movie skipper
- Sixteen CandlesAdolescent birthday milestone
- Pretty in PinkEighties teen romantic drama
Home Alone · coming-of-age · Brat Pack · Molly Ringwald · suburban · 1980s · comedy · screenwriter · Chicago
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- British WritersShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Tolkien, Rowling
- Classic AuthorsShakespeare, Dante, Homer, Chaucer, Milton
- surnamesSmith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones
- American LiteratureThe Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Moby Dick
- Admiralsadmiral, Nelson, Nimitz, Halsey, Dewey
- Langston Hughes
- Hugh Hefner
- Hugh Jackman
- Hugh Grant
- John Hughes
- Howard HughesEccentric billionaire pilot