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Peebles

Peebles proper noun: a town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).

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Proper noun

Peebles

  1. A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
  2. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. A village in Adams County, Ohio, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
  5. A locality north-west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
  6. A surname.

Origin of Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papilio, papillon, and pavilion. * The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

Words formed from Peebles

Questions about Peebles

What does Peebles mean?
Peebles means a town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
What part of speech is Peebles?
Peebles is a proper noun.

Words near Peebles in the dictionary

  1. pee-wees
  2. pee-yew
  3. pee-you
  4. peeanies
  5. peeany
  6. Peebles
  7. Peeblesshire
  8. peebrain
  9. peece
  10. peeced
  11. PeeCee

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