Strickland

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A town and unincorporated community therein, in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A rural locality in Central Highlands council area, Tasmania, Australia, named after Governor of Tasmania Gerald Strickland. countable, uncountable

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"The 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to Arthur Ashkin of the United States, France's Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland of Canada for their "groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics.""

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger, from Old English stirc (“bullock”) + land.

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