English Explanatory Dictionary

Carberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).
  2. A town in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, Manitoba, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname.

Word forms

Carberry Carberrys

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).

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