Birney

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A design of smaller streetcar with a single four-wheel truck produced in North America between 1915 and 1930, and apparently named after Charles Birney.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A census-designated place in Rosebud County, Montana, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).

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