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McAlpine

McAlpine proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

McAlpine (plural McAlpines)

  1. A surname.

Forms of McAlpine

pluralMcAlpines
alternative formAlphin
alternative formMacAlpine
alternative formMcAlpin

Origin of McAlpine

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ailpín and Scottish Gaelic Mac Ailpein (“son of Ailpean”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of ailp (“lump; stout person”). Compare O'Halpin.

Words formed from McAlpine

Questions about McAlpine

What does McAlpine mean?
McAlpine means a surname.
What part of speech is McAlpine?
McAlpine is a proper noun.

Words near McAlpine in the dictionary

  1. mcallisterite
  2. McAllisters
  3. McAloon
  4. McAloons
  5. McAlpin
  6. McAlpine
  7. McAlpine's Fusiliers
  8. mcalpineite
  9. McAlpines
  10. McAlpins
  11. McAmis

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