Bankhead
Bankhead proper noun: a surname from places.
Proper noun
Bankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)
- 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
- A village in Aberdeen council area, south of Dyce (OS grid ref NJ8910).
- A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ6608).
- A western neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area (OS grid ref NT1971).
- A suburban area south of Denny, Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8080).
- A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6161).
- A locality in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Forms of Bankhead
| plural | Bankheads |
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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
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