English Explanatory Dictionary

Pentland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A town in Queensland, Australia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.

Word forms

Pentland Pentlands

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Edinburgh, perhaps from Middle English pent (“confined, enclosed”) + land (“land”). Another possibility is Cumbric *pant (“hollow”) or Cumbric *penn (“head, summit, top”) + Cumbric *lann (“enclosure”).

Derived words

Pentland Firth Pentland Hills pentlandite
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