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Kerr

UK/kɜː/US/kɛɹ/

Kerr proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Kerr (countable and uncountable, plural Kerrs)

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Lake County, Montana, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States.

Forms of Kerr

pluralKerrs

Origin of Kerr

* As an English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived by a patch of wet ground overgrown with brushwood, from Middle English kerr (“brushwood”), possibly related to Irish Gaelic ceàrr (“left-handed”) and/or Old Norse kjarr. * As an Irish surname, variant of Carr. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kehr. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mac gille chéir (“son of the dusky laid”), from ciar (“black”).

Words formed from Kerr

Phrases with Kerr

Words that rhyme with Kerr

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Questions about Kerr

What does Kerr mean?
Kerr means a surname.
What part of speech is Kerr?
Kerr is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kerr?
Kerr is pronounced /kɜː/ (UK).

Words near Kerr in the dictionary

  1. kerplunked
  2. kerplunking
  3. kerplunks
  4. kerpow
  5. kerpows
  6. Kerr
  7. Kerr black hole
  8. Kerr black holes
  9. Kerr cell
  10. Kerr cells
  11. Kerr County

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