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Cleghorn

Cleghorn proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun

Cleghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Cleghorns)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8946).
  3. A minor city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States.
  4. A neighbourhood of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in the town of Pleasant Valley, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States.

Forms of Cleghorn

pluralCleghorns
alternative formClaghorn
alternative formGleghorn

Origin of Cleghorn

Habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Questions about Cleghorn

What does Cleghorn mean?
Cleghorn means a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What part of speech is Cleghorn?
Cleghorn is a proper noun.

Words near Cleghorn in the dictionary

  1. cleg
  2. Cleganebowl
  3. clegg
  4. Cleggmania
  5. cleggs
  6. Cleghorn
  7. Cleghorns
  8. clegs
  9. cleid-
  10. cleidal
  11. cleido-

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