"Corstorphine" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Corstorphines [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”) + Torfin, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þorfinnr. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|cros||cross}} Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”), {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Corstorphine (countable and uncountable, plural Corstorphines)
  1. A suburb of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Scotland, Places in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, Suburbs in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Sense id: en-Corstorphine-en-name-Kz3W4HnF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 16 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 14 12
  2. A suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Suburbs in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Corstorphine-en-name-K~E17xDN
  3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Corstorphine-en-name-dxCmrX5x Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Carstarphen [surname]

Inflected forms

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