English Explanatory Dictionary

Carne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A hamlet on Gillan Creek in St Anthony-in-Meneage parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7724).
  3. A hamlet and nearby beach in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9138).

Word forms

Carne Carnes

Etymology

Two main origins: * As a Cornish surname, from karn (“cairn”), from Proto-Brythonic *karn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos. * As a French surname, from the noun charnière (“hinge, joint”). Also, from chair (“flesh”).

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