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Scargill

Scargill proper noun: a hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106).

Proper noun

Scargill (countable and uncountable, plural Scargills)

  1. A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106).
  2. A rural settlement in north Canterbury, New Zealand.
  3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Scargill

pluralScargills

Origin of Scargill

Recorded as Scracreghil in the Domesday Book, from Old Norse skraki (“diving duck”) + gil (“valley, ravine”).

Words formed from Scargill

Questions about Scargill

What does Scargill mean?
Scargill means a hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106).
What part of speech is Scargill?
Scargill is a proper noun.

Words near Scargill in the dictionary

  1. scarfs up
  2. scarfskin
  3. scarfskins
  4. scarfwise
  5. scarfy
  6. Scargill
  7. Scargillian
  8. Scargills
  9. scari
  10. scariant
  11. scariants

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