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Kincardine

Kincardine proper noun: a town on the River Forth in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9387).

Proper noun

Kincardine

  1. A town on the River Forth in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9387).
  2. The former county town of Kincardineshire, Scotland, abandoned in the Middle Ages.
  3. A hamlet near Ardgay, Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6089).
  4. A municipality and community in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.

Origin of Kincardine

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Chàrdainn, possibly adapted from an earlier Pictish *Pencarden, equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

Words formed from Kincardine

Questions about Kincardine

What does Kincardine mean?
Kincardine means a town on the River Forth in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9387).
What part of speech is Kincardine?
Kincardine is a proper noun.

Words near Kincardine in the dictionary

  1. Kincaids
  2. kincajou
  3. kincajous
  4. Kincannon
  5. Kincannons
  6. Kincardine
  7. Kincardine and Deeside
  8. Kincardine O'Neil
  9. Kincardineshire
  10. kincentric ecology
  11. Kincer

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