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Mackenzie

/mɑˈkɛn.ji/UK/məˈkɛn.ziː/

Mackenzie proper noun: a surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.

Proper noun (1)

Mackenzie (countable and uncountable, plural Mackenzies)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage, also in the form Makenzie.
  3. A male given name.
  4. A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.
    Synonyms:
    Deh Cho
  5. A district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.
  6. A community in Shuniah, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
  7. An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
  8. A community in Linden, Guyana.
  9. A territorial authority in south Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Mackenzie District.

Noun

Mackenzie (plural Mackenzies)

  1. A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: MacKenzie

MacKenzie

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Mackenzie.

Mackenzie meaning in Persian

Mackenzie in Persian

a surname
مکنزی makenzi

Synonyms of Mackenzie

  • Deh Cho

Forms of Mackenzie

Proper noun
pluralMackenzies
Noun
pluralMackenzies

Origin of Mackenzie

Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).

Words formed from Mackenzie

  • Mackenzie District
  • Mackenzie River

Phrases with Mackenzie

Questions about Mackenzie

What does Mackenzie mean?
Mackenzie means a surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
What is Mackenzie in Persian?
Mackenzie in Persian is مکنزی (makenzi). See Mackenzie meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is Mackenzie?
Mackenzie can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Mackenzie?
Mackenzie is pronounced /mɑˈkɛn.ji/.

Words near Mackenzie in the dictionary

  1. Mackellar
  2. MacKellars
  3. Mackem
  4. Mackems
  5. Mackendrick
  6. Mackenzie
  7. Mackenzie bean
  8. Mackenzie beans
  9. Mackenzie River huskies
  10. Mackenzie River husky
  11. Mackenzies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Mackenzie (page history and authors); MacKenzie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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