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Galbraith

Galbraith proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Proper noun

Galbraith (countable and uncountable, plural Galbraiths)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States, named after an Iowa senator.

Forms of Galbraith

pluralGalbraiths
alternative formColbath
alternative formCulbreath

Origin of Galbraith

Scottish ethnic surname from Scottish Gaelic gall (“stranger, foreigner”) + Breathnach (“Briton”).

Words formed from Galbraith

Questions about Galbraith

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

Words near Galbraith in the dictionary

  1. galbijjim
  2. galbinic acid
  3. galbitang
  4. galbonolide
  5. galbonolides
  6. Galbraith
  7. Galbraithian
  8. Galbraiths
  9. Galbreath
  10. Galbreaths
  11. galbuli

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