Balmain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A suburb and an electoral district of Sydney in the Inner West council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Word forms

Balmain Balmains

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a place in Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + meadhan (“middle, center”).

Derived words

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