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Pentland

Pentland proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Pentland (countable and uncountable, plural Pentlands)

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A town in Queensland, Australia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.

Forms of Pentland

pluralPentlands

Origin of Pentland

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Edinburgh, perhaps from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”) + land (“land”). Another possibility is Cumbric *pant (“hollow”) or Cumbric *penn (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric *lann (“enclosure”).

Words formed from Pentland

Questions about Pentland

What does Pentland mean?
Pentland means a surname from Middle English.
What part of speech is Pentland?
Pentland is a proper noun.

Words near Pentland in the dictionary

  1. pentitol
  2. pentitols
  3. Pentium
  4. Pentiums
  5. Pentlach
  6. Pentland
  7. Pentland Firth
  8. Pentland Hills
  9. pentlandite
  10. pentlandites
  11. pentlanditic

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