Peebles
Meanings
name
- A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
- A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A village in Adams County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A locality north-west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
- A surname.
Word forms
Etymology
* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papilio, papillon, and pavilion. * The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.
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