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Zipkin

Zipkin proper noun: a surname from Yiddish.

Proper noun

Zipkin (plural Zipkins)

  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Forms of Zipkin

pluralZipkins

Origin of Zipkin

Metronymic surname from the Yiddish pet form of the personal name Zipporah.

Questions about Zipkin

What does Zipkin mean?
Zipkin means a surname from Yiddish.
What part of speech is Zipkin?
Zipkin is a proper noun.

Words near Zipkin in the dictionary

  1. ziphisternum
  2. ziphodont
  3. ziphodonts
  4. ziphosuchian
  5. ziphosuchians
  6. Zipkin
  7. Zipkins
  8. zipless
  9. ziplessly
  10. ziplessness
  11. ziplike

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