Peebles

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
  2. 2
    A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. 3
    A village in Adams County, Ohio, United States.
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
  5. 5
    A locality north-west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
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  1. 6
    A surname.

Etymology

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō. Doublet of papilio, papillon, and pavilion. * The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

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adams countycounty townfond du lac countynew zealandscottish borders

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