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Cantey

Cantey proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Cantey (plural Canteys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Cantey

pluralCanteys

Origin of Cantey

As an English surname, a variant of Gandow, an unknown location in England. As a Norman habitational surname, from Candé in Maine-et-Loire, a Gaulish name meaning "confluence" related to the town Condate. Also compare French gantier (“glovemaker”).

Questions about Cantey

What does Cantey mean?
Cantey means a surname.
What part of speech is Cantey?
Cantey is a proper noun.

Words near Cantey in the dictionary

  1. canterings
  2. Cantero
  3. Canteros
  4. canters
  5. Cantes
  6. Cantey
  7. Canteys
  8. canth-
  9. canthal
  10. canthal tilt
  11. canthal tilts

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