The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
This is an Anglo-Scottish surname but of Norman-French and Germanic pre 7th century origins. Recorded as Walt, Watt, the diminutive Wattin, and the patronymics Watson, Wattins, Wattis, Watts, however spelt it derives from the popular medieval given name Walter.his was introduced into both England and Scotland by the Normans in the form Wattier or Wautier a compound of the Germanic elements wald, meaning to rule and heri- an army. The original personal name gave rise to many surname variations as well as the double diminutives such as Watkinson, Watkins, and Watkiss.
Wattle is the common Australian name for native trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia. The word is a transferred use of the general English âwattleâ (first recorded more than a thousand years ago), a name for pliable sticks or branches used in building fences, walls, and roofs.he settlers named the trees they used wattle trees or wattles, a change in meaning noted by this early writer: âVery many species of acacia are found in Australiaâ¦. Locally, they are known by the name of wattles, from the slender twigs being used for that purpose.â (1829, R. Mudie, Picture of Australia).