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Macdonald

//məkˈdɑnəld// name

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  1. 1
    A surname from Scottish Gaelic common in Scotland.

    "Other groups have different messages: the National Policy Institute, fronted by Richard Spencer and designed to “elevate the consciousness of whites”; the Occidental Quarterly, run by CMS member Kevin MacDonald and presenting itself as a scholarly journal; American Third Position, later rebranded as the American Freedom Party, led by Johnson with “a platform that is predicated on the preservation of our traditional European roots.”"

  2. 2
    A surname, an alternative form of MacDonald.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
  4. 4
    A community in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.
  5. 5
    A rural municipality south-west of Winnipeg, Manitoba, named after John A. Macdonald; in full, the Rural Municipality of Macdonald.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill, equivalent to "son of Donald".

Etymology 2

A spelling variant of MacDonald.

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