Mcclure

//məˈklʊə(ɹ)// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; A village in Alexander County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A village in Henry County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A town in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (“son of the dun lad”), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (“dun; dark”).

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