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Malcolm

/ˈmæl.kəm/

Malcolm proper noun: a male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum and Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.

Proper noun

Malcolm

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum and Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.
    • We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. A surname.
  3. A minor city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
  5. A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
  6. An abandoned town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.

Origin of Malcolm

Royal name in Scotland, anglicised from various historical Goidelic names equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim or Calum, Irish Maol Colm, Middle Irish Máel Coluim, Old Irish Máel Columb (literally “devotee of [Saint] Columba”); proper nouns derived from máel (“tonsured”) from Proto-Celtic *mailos, and columb (“dove”) from Latin columbus.

Words formed from Malcolm

Phrases with Malcolm

Questions about Malcolm

What does Malcolm mean?
Malcolm means a male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum and Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.
What part of speech is Malcolm?
Malcolm is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Malcolm?
Malcolm is pronounced /ˈmæl.kəm/.

Words near Malcolm in the dictionary

  1. malchiks
  2. Malchow
  3. Malchows
  4. malcirculation
  5. malcode
  6. Malcolm
  7. Malcolm Square-Perfecto
  8. Malcolm X tea
  9. Malcolm X-ism
  10. Malcolmite
  11. Malcolmites

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