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McKinney

McKinney proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

McKinney

  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States.

Forms of McKinney

alternative formMcKinnie

Origin of McKinney

* As a Scottish and Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Cionaodha, Mac Cionaoith. * Also as an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Coinnigh (“son of Coinneach”), also treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth. Both senses above are derived from Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ. Sometimes Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie.

Questions about McKinney

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

Words near McKinney in the dictionary

  1. McKinley County
  2. McKinleyism
  3. McKinleys
  4. McKinleyville
  5. McKinnell
  6. McKinney
  7. McKinnie
  8. McKinnies
  9. McKinnon
  10. McKinstry
  11. mckinstryite

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