Watts
Steam engine inventor's
Watts is a surname, most notably that of James Watt, the Scottish inventor whose improvements to the steam engine helped drive the Industrial Revolution.
The unit of power is named after him.
Watts is also a neighborhood in Los Angeles, known for the 1965 Watts riots and the Watts Towers folk art installation. (Lowercase watts is the unit of power.)
surname
Traditional masculine name
place
Southern California metropolis
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- riotsViolent public disturbances
- towersTall vertical structures
- folk artTraditional community-made creativity
James
Traditional masculine name
Los Angeles
Southern California metropolis
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- riotsViolent public disturbances
- towersTall vertical structures
- South LACompton, Crenshaw, Florence, Willowbrook, Westmont
- Los AngelesHollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, Venice Beach
- neighborhoodsneighborhood, suburb, subdivision, Greenwich Village, East Village
- California MusicDr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, N.W.A., Ice Cube, Tupac
- Plumbing BrandsKohler, Moen, Delta, American Standard, Glacier Bay
- California NeighborhoodsEcho Park, Koreatown, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Venice
LA NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER (if referring to Watts, LA)
WattsBeverly Hills
Affluent Southern California city
Bel Air · Pacific Palisades · Malibu · Brentwood · Westwood
- James WattHorsepower term originator
- Naomi Watts
- watt hoursEnergy over time unit
- Isaac Watts
- J.J. WattHouston pass rusher
- Charlie Watts
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