"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”), {{m|gd|meadhan||middle, center}} meadhan (“middle, center”) 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, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
  2. A suburb and an electoral district in New South Wales, Australia. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Balmain-en-name-xGuvAhVx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Balmain bug

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Balmain meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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