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Craig

//kɹɛɡ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.; A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from Scottish Gaelic creag, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname.; An Irish surname of Hiberno-Norman origin, an anglicization of de Craig, de Creag (“of the crag”). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A surname.; An Irish surname, a variant anglicization of de Carraig (Carrick). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable

    "He told her the name he had used to rent the cabin. " I'm Craig Hemsworth." She burst out laughing. "That's a funnier name than mine. It sounds like the kind of name they give a movie actor when they decide his own name won't do."

  5. 5
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska; named for early settler and fishmonger Craig Miller. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in California; named for a railroad official. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A ghost town in Modoc County, California; named for postmaster Robert A. Craig. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A city, the county seat of Moffat County, Colorado; named for financier Rev. William Bayard Craig. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A township in Switzerland County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A minor city in Plymouth County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A minor city in Holt County, Missouri; named for lawyer and politician James Craig. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A census-designated place in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; A township and village therein, in Burt County, Nebraska; named for early settler William Stewart Craig. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A placename; A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A placename; A river in Alaska, United States and British Columbia, Canada; named for engineer John Davidson Craig. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A placename; A small settlement in Glen Carron, Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH0349). countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A rocky crag. Scotland

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic creag (“rock”). Doublet of Carrick.

Etymology 2

Variant of crag.

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