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Moffat

Moffat proper noun: a town and former burgh in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT085052).

Proper noun

Moffat (countable and uncountable, plural Moffats)

  1. A town and former burgh in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT085052).
  2. A town in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas, United States.
  4. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Forms of Moffat

pluralMoffats
alternative formMaffett
alternative formMoffatt
alternative formMoffett
alternative formMoffitt
alternative formMofield
alternative formMuffett

Origin of Moffat

From Scottish Gaelic magh (“field, plain”) + fada (“long”).

Words formed from Moffat

Questions about Moffat

What does Moffat mean?
Moffat means a town and former burgh in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT085052).
What part of speech is Moffat?
Moffat is a proper noun.

Words near Moffat in the dictionary

  1. mofettes
  2. mofezolac
  3. moff
  4. Moffa
  5. Moffas
  6. Moffat
  7. Moffat County
  8. Moffats
  9. Moffatt
  10. Moffatt oxidation
  11. Moffatt oxidations

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