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Crail

Crail proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Crail (countable and uncountable, plural Crails)

  1. A surname.
  2. A small coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6107).

Forms of Crail

pluralCrails

Origin of Crail

From Pictish *cair (“fortress”) (or the Pictish loanword in Scottish Gaelic) + *al, ail (“rock, cliff”).

Questions about Crail

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

Words near Crail in the dictionary

  1. craigslisting
  2. craigslistings
  3. craigslists
  4. craik
  5. craiks
  6. Crail
  7. Crails
  8. Crailsheim
  9. Crain
  10. Craine
  11. crainiectomy

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