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Arbuckle

Arbuckle proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun

Arbuckle (countable and uncountable, plural Arbuckles)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A census-designated place in Colusa County, California, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.
  5. A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Forms of Arbuckle

pluralArbuckles
alternative formHornbuckle

Origin of Arbuckle

Habitational surname from a minor place in North Lanarkshire, from Scottish Gaelic earrann (“part, section”) + buachaille (“of the herdsman”).

Questions about Arbuckle

What does Arbuckle mean?
Arbuckle means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is Arbuckle?
Arbuckle is a proper noun.

Words near Arbuckle in the dictionary

  1. arbovirus
  2. arboviruses
  3. Arbroath
  4. arbs
  5. arbtrn
  6. Arbuckle
  7. Arbuckles
  8. Arbury
  9. arbuscle
  10. arbuscles
  11. arbuscocyte

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