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Carberry

Carberry proper noun: a village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).

Proper noun

Carberry (countable and uncountable, plural Carberrys)

  1. A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).
  2. A town in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, Manitoba, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname.

Forms of Carberry

pluralCarberrys

Origin of Carberry

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).

Questions about Carberry

What does Carberry mean?
Carberry means a village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).
What part of speech is Carberry?
Carberry is a proper noun.

Words near Carberry in the dictionary

  1. carbenoids
  2. carbenoxalone
  3. carbenoxelone
  4. carbenoxolone
  5. carbenzide
  6. Carberry
  7. Carberrys
  8. carbestrol
  9. carbetamide
  10. carbetapentane
  11. carbethoxy

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