Macon

Meanings

1. Alternative spelling of Mâcon, a city in France.

1. A dry red or white burgundy wine produced around Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.

1. A surname.
2. A city, the county seat of Bibb County, Georgia, United States, with which it is now consolidated as Macon-Bibb County.
3. A city, the county seat of Noxubee County, Mississippi, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Macon County, Missouri, United States.

1. A type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.

1. Mutton bacon, a form of bacon made from cured mutton.

Etymology

An anglicized form of French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).