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kirks

kirks is the plural of kirk.

Meaning of kirk

Noun

kirk (plural kirks)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A church.
    • The Ship was cheer'd, the Harbour clear'd— / Merrily did we drop / Below the Kirk, below the Hill, / Below the Light-house top.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Kirks

Kirks (plural Kirkses)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kirks

Kirks

  1. (plural) plural of Kirk

Forms of kirks

pluralKirkses

Origin of kirks

Plural form of Kirk.

Phrases with kirks

Questions about kirks

What does kirks mean?
Kirks means a surname.
What is kirks the plural of?
Kirks is the plural of kirk.
What part of speech is kirks?
Kirks is a proper noun.

Words near kirks in the dictionary

  1. Kirknewton
  2. Kirkorov
  3. Kirkoswald
  4. Kirkpatrick
  5. Kirkpatrick-Fleming
  6. kirks
  7. kirks out
  8. Kirkses
  9. Kirksey
  10. Kirkseys
  11. Kirkslop

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