"Wemyss" meaning in All languages combined

See Wemyss on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /wiːmz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Wemysses [plural]
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic uaimh (“cave”) + -es (“place of”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|uaimh|-es|lang1=gd|t1=cave|t2=place of}} Scottish Gaelic uaimh (“cave”) + -es (“place of”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|es}} Wemyss (countable and uncountable, plural Wemysses)
  1. A parish in Fife council area, Scotland. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Fife, Scotland, Places in Scotland
    Sense id: en-Wemyss-en-name-3Yk6JEAF
  2. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Wemyss-en-name-dxCmrX5x Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -es Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -es: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Weems [surname] Derived forms: Wemyss Bay, West Wemyss

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Wemyss meaning in All languages combined (2.1kB)

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