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Bankhead

Bankhead proper noun: a surname from places.

Proper noun

Bankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)

  1. A surname from places.
    • Sixty-three-year-old Tallulah Bankhead joined the British studio’s monstrous regiment as the religious fanatic who terrorises her dead son’s girlfriend in Die! Die! My Darling! (1965).2018 January 18, Anne Billson, “'Hagsploitation': horror's obsession with older women returns”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2021
  2. A village in Aberdeen council area, south of Dyce (OS grid ref NJ8910).
  3. A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ6608).
  4. A western neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area (OS grid ref NT1971).
  5. A suburban area south of Denny, Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8080).
  6. A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6161).
  7. A locality in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  8. A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Forms of Bankhead

pluralBankheads

Origin of Bankhead

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

Questions about Bankhead

What does Bankhead mean?
Bankhead means a surname from places.
What part of speech is Bankhead?
Bankhead is a proper noun.

Words near Bankhead in the dictionary

  1. bankful
  2. bankfull
  3. bankfuls
  4. Bankhar
  5. Bankhars
  6. Bankhead
  7. Bankheads
  8. bankholder
  9. bankholders
  10. bankie
  11. Bankies

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