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Penicuik

Penicuik proper noun: a town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2360).

Proper noun

Penicuik

  1. A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2360).

Origin of Penicuik

From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *ı (“(of) the”) + Cumbric *cog (“cuckoo”).

Questions about Penicuik

What does Penicuik mean?
Penicuik means a town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2360).
What part of speech is Penicuik?
Penicuik is a proper noun.

Words near Penicuik in the dictionary

  1. penicilloyls
  2. penicillus
  3. penicils
  4. Penick
  5. Penicks
  6. Penicuik
  7. peniculid
  8. peniculids
  9. penicylinder
  10. penicylinders
  11. penie

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