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Pollokshaws

Pollokshaws proper noun: a suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5661).

Proper noun

Pollokshaws

  1. A suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5661).

Origin of Pollokshaws

Possibly from Scots Powkshaws.

Questions about Pollokshaws

What does Pollokshaws mean?
Pollokshaws means a suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5661).
What part of speech is Pollokshaws?
Pollokshaws is a proper noun.

Words near Pollokshaws in the dictionary

  1. pollocking
  2. pollocks
  3. polloi
  4. Pollok
  5. Polloks
  6. Pollokshaws
  7. Pollokshields
  8. pollotarian
  9. pollotarianism
  10. pollotarians
  11. polls

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