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Goldthwaite

Goldthwaite proper noun: a habitational surname from Old Norse.

Proper noun

Goldthwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Goldthwaites)

  1. A habitational surname from Old Norse.
  2. A small city, the county seat of Mills County, Texas, United States, named after George (Joe) Goldthwaite. Understood to be the geographical centre of Texas.

Forms of Goldthwaite

pluralGoldthwaites

Origin of Goldthwaite

Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, named with Old Norse gil (“ravine, gully”) + þveit (“paddock, meadow”), even though the modern surname is more associated with Essex than Yorkshire.

Questions about Goldthwaite

What does Goldthwaite mean?
Goldthwaite means a habitational surname from Old Norse.
What part of speech is Goldthwaite?
Goldthwaite is a proper noun.

Words near Goldthwaite in the dictionary

  1. Goldthorpe
  2. Goldthorpes
  3. Goldthorps
  4. goldthread
  5. goldthreads
  6. Goldthwaite
  7. Goldthwaites
  8. goldtone
  9. goldurn
  10. goldurnit
  11. goldware

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