McGill
/məˈɡɪl/
McGill proper noun: a Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill "son of the stranger".
Proper noun
McGill
- A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill "son of the stranger"
- A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
- McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
- One would have expected something more perfected from a don—and a lecturer at McGill at that.1964 September, “New Books: A History of Russian Railways. By J. N. Westwood. Allen & Unwin. 45s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222
Words that rhyme with McGill
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- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
- 'twill
Questions about McGill
- What does McGill mean?
- McGill means a Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill "son of the stranger".
- What part of speech is McGill?
- McGill is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce McGill?
- McGill is pronounced /məˈɡɪl/.
Words near McGill in the dictionary
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