"Balmain" meaning in All languages combined

See Balmain on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Balmains [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps a habitational surname from a place in Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + meadhan (“middle, center”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|baile||village, town}} Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) Head templates: {{en-prop|~|s}} Balmain (countable and uncountable, plural Balmains)
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Balmain-en-name-DwLw5T9d Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A suburb and an electoral district of Sydney in the Inner West council area, New South Wales, Australia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in New South Wales, Australia, Places in Sydney, Suburbs of Sydney
    Sense id: en-Balmain-en-name-tGYVTOe5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Balmain bug

Inflected forms

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