carr

Meanings

1. Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
2. In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)

1. Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).

1. Rock.

1. A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”).
2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr.
3. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre.
4. An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
5. A place in the United States:
6. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for railroad official Robert E. Carr.
7. A township in Clark County, Indiana.
8. A township in Jackson County, Indiana.
9. A township in Durham County, North Carolina.
10. An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
11. A river in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the Big River.
12. A place in England:

Etymology

From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.