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Balmain

Balmain proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun

Balmain (countable and uncountable, plural Balmains)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A suburb and an electoral district of Sydney in the Inner West council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of Balmain

pluralBalmains

Origin of Balmain

Perhaps a habitational surname from a place in Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + meadhan (“middle, center”).

Words formed from Balmain

Phrases with Balmain

Questions about Balmain

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

Words near Balmain in the dictionary

  1. balm-crickets
  2. balmacaan
  3. balmacaans
  4. Balmaceda
  5. Balmacedas
  6. Balmain
  7. Balmain bug
  8. Balmain bugs
  9. Balmain East
  10. Balmains
  11. Balmaseda

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