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Goldthwaite.

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

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  1. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A small city, the county seat of Mills County, Texas, United States, named after George (Joe) Goldthwaite. Understood to be the geographical centre of Texas.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, named with Old Norse gil (“ravine, gully”) + þveit (“paddock, meadow”), even though the modern surname is more associated with Essex than Yorkshire.

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