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McKinney.

A surname.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A surname.

  2. A city, the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States.

Where this word comes from

* As a Scottish and Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Cionaodha, Mac Cionaoith. * Also as an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Coinnigh (“son of Coinneach”), also treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth. Both senses above are derived from Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ. Sometimes Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie.

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