Definition of "Ware"

A placename:

1. A place in the United Kingdom:

   1. A hamlet in East Devon district, Devon, England, next to Lyme Regis in Dorset (OS grid ref SY3291)  examples

   2. A town and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3614).  examples

   3. A hamlet in Ash parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2860).  examples

2. A number of places in the United States:

   1. An unincorporated community in Union County, Illinois.  examples

   2. An unincorporated community in Sherman Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa.  examples

   3. An unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky.  examples

   4. A town and census-designated place therein, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.  examples

   5. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri.  examples

   6. Ellipsis of Ware County.  examples

(countable) A surname.  examples