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Griffin

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈɡɹɪfɪn//

An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó Gríobhtha or Ó Grifín

proper noun

  1. 1

    An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó Gríobhtha or Ó Grifín

  2. 2

    A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].

  3. 3

    A male given name from Welsh derived from Griffinus, a latinized form of Gruffudd.

  4. 4

    A male given name from Cornish derived from Gryffyn, of relation to the Welsh name.

  5. 5

    rareA female given name.

  6. 6

    A place name: A community in Saskatchewan, Canada.

  7. 7

    A place name: A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, which includes the community; in full, the Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66.

  8. 8

    A place name: A place in the United States: A township in Pope County, Arkansas.

  9. 9

    A place name: A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia, named for landowner Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin.

  10. 10

    A place name: A place in the United States: A former settlement in Wabash Township, Clark County, Illinois.

  11. 11

    A place name: A place in the United States: A town in Bethel Township, Posey County, Indiana; named for postmaster Samuel Griffin.

  12. 12

    A place name: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.

  13. 13

    A place name: A suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia; named for a family of early settlers.

The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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