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Kintyre

Kintyre proper noun: a peninsula in the south-west of Argyll and Bute council area, western Scotland.

Proper noun

Kintyre

  1. A peninsula in the south-west of Argyll and Bute council area, western Scotland.
  2. An unincorporated community in Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. Original name: Campbell.
  3. A neighbourhood of Saint Andrew parish, Jamaica.

Origin of Kintyre

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tìre (literally “headland”).

Words formed from Kintyre

Phrases with Kintyre

Questions about Kintyre

What does Kintyre mean?
Kintyre means a peninsula in the south-west of Argyll and Bute council area, western Scotland.
What part of speech is Kintyre?
Kintyre is a proper noun.

Words near Kintyre in the dictionary

  1. kintoreite
  2. kintsugi
  3. kintsukuroi
  4. kintype
  5. kintypes
  6. Kintyre
  7. Kintz
  8. Kintzes
  9. Kinuban
  10. Kinuman Norte
  11. Kinuman Sur

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