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Geary

name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place name:; A crofting community in the north of the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG2661). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place name:; A rural community of Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place name:; A ghost town in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, named after John W. Geary. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place name:; A minor city in Blaine County and Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Edmund Guerrier. countable, uncountable

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”) * As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”) * As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

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