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Gath

Gath proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun (1)

Gath (plural Gaths)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2)

Gath

  1. A city in ancient Philistia, home of Goliath, located in the foothills of the Judean Mountains in what is most likely modern-day Israel.

Forms of Gath

pluralGaths

Origin of Gath

Various origins: * A reduced form of McGath, a Scottish surname. * A variant of Garth, an English topographic surname. * Borrowed from North German Gath, a topographic surname from Middle Low German gate (“street, alley”).

From Hebrew גַּת (“wine press”), from a Philistine word such as Gīt.

Questions about Gath

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

Words near Gath in the dictionary

  1. gatewise
  2. gatewoman
  3. gatewomen
  4. Gatewood
  5. Gatewoods
  6. Gath
  7. gatha
  8. Gathang
  9. gathas
  10. gather
  11. gather dust

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