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Nicholls

Nicholls proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Nicholls

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  3. A city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States.
  4. An electoral division in Victoria, Australia.

Origin of Nicholls

From a medieval vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the patronymic suffix -s.

Words formed from Nicholls

Questions about Nicholls

What does Nicholls mean?
Nicholls means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Nicholls?
Nicholls is a proper noun.

Words near Nicholls in the dictionary

  1. Nicholforest
  2. Nicholine
  3. Nicholite
  4. Nicholites
  5. Nicholl
  6. Nicholls
  7. Nicholls Rivulet
  8. Nicholl–Lee–Nicholl algorithm
  9. Nichols
  10. Nichols Point
  11. Nicholson

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