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Braidwood

Braidwood proper noun: a village south of Carluke, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8448).

Proper noun

Braidwood (countable and uncountable, plural Braidwoods)

  1. A village south of Carluke, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8448).
  2. A city and nuclear power plant in Will County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Braidwood

pluralBraidwoods

Origin of Braidwood

From Old English brād (“broad”) + wudu (“wood”).

Questions about Braidwood

What does Braidwood mean?
Braidwood means a village south of Carluke, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8448).
What part of speech is Braidwood?
Braidwood is a proper noun.

Words near Braidwood in the dictionary

  1. Braidists
  2. braidlike
  3. Braidottian
  4. braidplain
  5. braids
  6. Braidwood
  7. Braidwoods
  8. braidwork
  9. braies
  10. brail
  11. brailed

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