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Elphinstone

Elphinstone proper noun: an English surname.

Proper noun

Elphinstone

  1. An English surname.
    • ‘Good heavens !’ cried Mrs Elphinstone. ‘What is this you are driving us into ?’1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, Penguin Books, published 1962, page 105
  2. A town in the Shire of Mount Alexander, central Victoria, Australia

Questions about Elphinstone

What does Elphinstone mean?
Elphinstone means an English surname.
What part of speech is Elphinstone?
Elphinstone is a proper noun.

Words near Elphinstone in the dictionary

  1. Elphick
  2. Elphicke
  3. Elphicks
  4. elphidiid
  5. elphidiids
  6. Elphinstone
  7. Elpidian
  8. elpidiid
  9. elpidiids
  10. elpidite
  11. elpidites

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