# Adams
## Translingual
### Proper noun

Adams
* A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Johannes Michael Friedrich Adams (1780-1838).

### Further reading

* Author query of the International Plant Names Index

## English
### Pronunciation

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### Etymology 1

(fishing fly): Named after Charles Adams, who asked his friend Leonard Halladay to design the fly.

#### Alternative forms

* Addams (rare)

#### Proper noun

Adams (countable and uncountable, plural Adamses)
* A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Adam.
* A number of places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Lake County, California.
** Former name of Corte Madera, California.
** An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana.
** An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
** An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
** A town and census-designated place therein, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
** A minor city in Mower County, Minnesota.
** A minor city in Walsh County, North Dakota.
** A village in Gage County, Nebraska.
** An unincorporated community in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
** A town and village therein, in Jefferson County, New York.
** An unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma.
** A minor city in Umatilla County, Oregon.
** A former community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
** A minor city in Robertson County, Tennessee.
** A city and town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
** A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
** A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
** An unincorporated community in Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
** A number of townships in the United States, listed under Adams Township.
* A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines
    Coordinate terms: Adams, Bacarra, Bandoc, Bangui, Banna, Batac, Burgos, Carasi, Currimao, Dingras, Dumalneg, Laoag, Marcos, Nueva Era, Pagudpud, Paoay, Pasuquin, Piddig, Pinili, San Nicolas, Sarrat, Solsona, Vintar — cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte
* The only barangay in the municipality of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

##### Derived terms

* Adams City
* Adams County
* Adamsia
* Adamsian
* adamsite
* Adamsite
* Adams-Nance syndrome
* Adams's catalyst
* Adams-Stokes attack
* Adams-Stokes syndrome
* Fanny Adams
* North Adams
* Stokes-Adams attack
* Stokes-Adams syndrome

##### Descendants

* → Translingual: Adams
* ⇒ Translingual: adamsii

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Adams is the 42nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 427,865 individuals. Adams is most common among White (74.0%) and Black/African American (19.9%) individuals.

#### Noun

Adams (plural Adamses)
* (fishing) A kind of dry fly primarily used for trout.
** 1991, Ed Engle, Fly Fishing the Tailwaters, page 96:Although I still carry traditionally tied Adamses and a few Ginger Quills and the like, I now fish paraduns almost exclusively when […]

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Adams
* plural of Adam

### Anagrams

* Samad

## Cebuano
### Proper noun

Adams
* A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines
* The only barangay in the municipality of Adams, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

### Anagrams

* samad