"Girvan" meaning in English

See Girvan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Girvans [plural], Girven [alternative], Girvin [alternative]
Etymology: Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Gharbhain. Possibly from geàrr (“short”) + abhainn (“river”). Alternatively, from garbh (“rough”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|-}} Scottish Gaelic Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Girvan (countable and uncountable, plural Girvans)
  1. A town or burgh in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX1897). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Scotland, Places in South Ayrshire, Scotland, Towns in Scotland, Towns in South Ayrshire, Scotland
    Sense id: en-Girvan-en-name-CGWwV2BJ
  2. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in New South Wales, Australia, Villages in Australia, Villages in New South Wales, Australia
    Sense id: en-Girvan-en-name-0MaI7dFV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 69 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 68 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 68 4
  3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Girvan-en-name-dxCmrX5x Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Girvan-Newman algorithm

Inflected forms

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