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Birney

Birney proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

birney: a surname from Scottish Gaelic
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Proper noun

Birney (countable and uncountable, plural Birneys)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A census-designated place in Rosebud County, Montana, United States.

Noun

Birney (plural Birneys)

  1. A design of smaller streetcar with a single four-wheel truck produced in North America between 1915 and 1930, and apparently named after Charles Birney.

Forms of Birney

Proper noun
pluralBirneys
alternative formBirnie
Noun
pluralBirneys

Origin of Birney

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).

Questions about Birney

What does Birney mean?
Birney means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is Birney?
Birney can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Birney in the dictionary

  1. Birnbachs
  2. Birnbaum
  3. Birnbaums
  4. birnessite
  5. birnessites
  6. Birney
  7. Birneys
  8. Birnholtz
  9. Birnholtzes
  10. Birnie
  11. Birnies

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