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Birney.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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name
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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  2. A census-designated place in Rosebud County, Montana, United States.

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Where this word comes from

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).

noun
  1. A design of smaller streetcar with a single four-wheel truck produced in North America between 1915 and 1930, and apparently named after Charles Birney.

Where this word comes from

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).

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