Burnside

Meanings

1. Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.
2. A suburban area in north-west Houghton-le-Spring, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3350).
3. A place in Scotland:
4. A small settlement south-west of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire council area (OS grid ref NS5811).
5. A settlement near Thurso, Highland council area (not found on maps).
6. A hamlet near Methven, Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO0125).
7. A small settlement between Milnathort and Gateside, Perth and Kinross council area (OS grid ref NO1608).
8. A small settlement on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU2778).
9. A suburban area of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6260).
10. A settlement in eastern West Lothian council area (OS grid ref NT0971).
11. A place in Canada:
12. A coastal community in Burnside-St. Chads, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

1. A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.

Etymology

From burn (“stream”) + side.