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Bathgate

Bathgate proper noun: a town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9768).

Proper noun

Bathgate

  1. A town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9768).
  2. A minor city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States, named after the Scottish town.
  3. A surname

Origin of Bathgate

From Cumbric *bayð (boar) + *cɛ̄d (wood), recorded as Batket c. 1160.

Questions about Bathgate

What does Bathgate mean?
Bathgate means a town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9768).
What part of speech is Bathgate?
Bathgate is a proper noun.

Words near Bathgate in the dictionary

  1. bathetical
  2. bathetically
  3. Bathford
  4. bathful
  5. bathfuls
  6. Bathgate
  7. bathhouse
  8. Bathhouse Barry
  9. bathhouses
  10. bathin'
  11. Bathinda

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