Elgin.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A placename: A town in Moray council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, the original place from which the others were named.
A placename: A large valley southeast of Cape Town, South Africa.
A placename: A number of places in Canada: An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Grassland, Manitoba.
A placename: A number of places in Canada: A rural community and parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.
A placename: A number of places in Canada: A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
A placename: A number of places in Canada: A hamlet in Rideau Lakes, Ontario.
A placename: A number of places in Canada: A county in Ontario; see Elgin County.
A placename: A number of places in Canada: A rural municipality in Quebec.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Merced County, California.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Cook County and Kane County, Illinois.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in Kane County, Illinois.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A tiny city in Fayette County, Iowa.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A tiny city in Chautauqua County, Kansas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small city and township in Wabasha County, Minnesota.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city and township in Antelope County, Nebraska.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Nevada.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A tiny city in Grant County, North Dakota.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Van Wert County, Ohio.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small city in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small city in Union County, Oregon.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An incorporated town in Kershaw County, South Carolina.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Lancaster County, South Carolina.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Bastrop County and Travis County, Texas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A neighborhood of Green River, Emery County, Utah.
A placename: A rural locality in the Shire of Capel, Western Australia.
A Scottish earldom.
Where this word comes from
* As a Scottish surname, derived from the place in Morayshire, from Scottish Gaelic Eilginn, possibly meaning little Ireland, from Èirinn. * As a Turkish surname, from the obsolete noun elgin (“stranger”); see el. * The village in New Brunswick is probably named in honour of colonial administrator James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863). The civil parish is named after the village.
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