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Rankin

Rankin proper noun: a Scottish and Northern Irish surname, from a diminutive of the name Ronald.

Proper noun

Rankin

  1. A Scottish and Northern Irish surname, from a diminutive of the name Ronald.
    • Rankin sanctioned Ayala $3,000 and kicked him off the lawsuit after the lawyer admitted incorporating the hallucinated AI-generated cases in the brief. Morgan and Goody were sanctioned $1,000 each.2025 February 10, Debra Cassens Weiss, “No. 42 law firm by head count sanctioned over fake case citations generated by AI”, in ABA Journal, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2025
  2. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois.
  3. An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri.
  4. An unincorporated community in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.
  5. A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  6. An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.
  7. A small city, the county seat of Upton County, Texas.
  8. An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

Words formed from Rankin

Questions about Rankin

What does Rankin mean?
Rankin means a Scottish and Northern Irish surname, from a diminutive of the name Ronald.
What part of speech is Rankin?
Rankin is a proper noun.

Words near Rankin in the dictionary

  1. ranket
  2. ranketh
  3. rankets
  4. rankett
  5. ranketts
  6. Rankin
  7. Rankin County
  8. Rankin Park
  9. Rankine
  10. Rankine cycle
  11. Rankine scale

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