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Cargill

UK/ˈkɑːɡɪl/

Cargill proper noun: a hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536).

Proper noun

Cargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)

  1. A hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536).
  2. A community in Brockton municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
    • When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill.2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2022

Forms of Cargill

pluralCargills

Origin of Cargill

Probably from Pictish. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).

Words formed from Cargill

Questions about Cargill

What does Cargill mean?
Cargill means a hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536).
What part of speech is Cargill?
Cargill is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cargill?
Cargill is pronounced /ˈkɑːɡɪl/ (UK).

Words near Cargill in the dictionary

  1. cargazons
  2. cargeese
  3. Cargerie
  4. Cargile
  5. Cargiles
  6. Cargill
  7. Cargills
  8. carglumate
  9. carglumates
  10. carglumic acid
  11. cargo

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