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Gilroy

Gilroy proper noun: a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Gilroy (countable and uncountable, plural Gilroys)

  1. A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
    • A home is flooded in Gilroy on January 9.2023 January 16, “California’s flooding, in pictures”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023
  2. A surname.

Forms of Gilroy

pluralGilroys
alternative formGildroy

Origin of Gilroy

From Middle English Gilry, from Irish Giolla rua (“servant of the red-haired lad”).

Questions about Gilroy

What does Gilroy mean?
Gilroy means a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Gilroy?
Gilroy is a proper noun.

Words near Gilroy in the dictionary

  1. gilravaged
  2. gilravages
  3. gilravaging
  4. Gilreath
  5. Gilreaths
  6. Gilroy
  7. Gilruth
  8. Gilruths
  9. GILs
  10. Gilsdorf
  11. Gilsdorfs

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