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Calderwood

Calderwood proper noun: a suburban area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS643375).

Proper noun

Calderwood (countable and uncountable, plural Calderwoods)

  1. A suburban area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS643375).
  2. A suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  4. A ghost town in Blount County, Tennessee, United States.
  5. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Calderwood

pluralCalderwoods
alternative formCatherwood

Origin of Calderwood

From the river name Calder + Old English wudu (“wood”).

Questions about Calderwood

What does Calderwood mean?
Calderwood means a suburban area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS643375).
What part of speech is Calderwood?
Calderwood is a proper noun.

Words near Calderwood in the dictionary

  1. Calderon
  2. Calderone
  3. Calderones
  4. Calderonian
  5. calderonite
  6. Calderwood
  7. Calderwoods
  8. caldesmon
  9. Caldew
  10. Caldey Island
  11. caldiamide

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