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Kinghorn

Kinghorn proper noun: a town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).

Proper noun

Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)

  1. A town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).
  2. A community in the township of King, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Forms of Kinghorn

pluralKinghorns

Origin of Kinghorn

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

Questions about Kinghorn

What does Kinghorn mean?
Kinghorn means a town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).
What part of speech is Kinghorn?
Kinghorn is a proper noun.

Words near Kinghorn in the dictionary

  1. kingfishes
  2. Kingham
  3. kinghead
  4. kinghood
  5. kinghoods
  6. Kinghorn
  7. Kinghorns
  8. Kingian
  9. kingianoside
  10. kingie
  11. kingies

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