English Explanatory Dictionary

Kinghorn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).
  2. A community in the township of King, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Word forms

Kinghorn Kinghorns

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

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