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Lockerbie

Lockerbie proper noun: a town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.

Proper noun

Lockerbie

  1. A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
  2. A surname.

Noun

Lockerbie (plural Lockerbies)

  1. A terrorist bomb attack on an aeroplane.
    • So is it not prudent to install metal detectors in airports to try to prevent Lockerbies and Oklahoma Cities?1996, Joseba Zulaika, William A. Douglass, Terror and taboo: the follies, fables, and faces of terrorism, page 9
    • Complete bag matching on originating flights would not prevent another Lockerbie and was implemented because it was feasible and minimized delays. Nail clippers on board an aircraft were not permitted for a time,...2003, Roger W. Cobb, David M. Primo, The plane truth: airline crashes, the media, and transportation policy

Forms of Lockerbie

pluralLockerbies

Origin of Lockerbie

From the personal name Lockard + the Old Norse byr (“farm”).

Named after the Pan Am Flight 103, a terrorist attack on a plane, which happened above the town of Lockerbie.

Questions about Lockerbie

What does Lockerbie mean?
Lockerbie means a town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
What part of speech is Lockerbie?
Lockerbie can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Lockerbie in the dictionary

  1. locker room talk
  2. locker rooms
  3. locker-room
  4. locker-room talk
  5. locker-rooms
  6. Lockerbie
  7. Lockerbies
  8. lockerbox
  9. lockerboxes
  10. Lockeridge
  11. Lockeridges

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