Malcolm

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈmæl.kəm//

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum or Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.

proper noun

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A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum or Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.
We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland.
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A surname.
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A place name: A minor city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
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A place name: An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
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A place name: A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
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A place name: An abandoned town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.

Etymology

Royal name in Scotland, anglicised from various historical Goidelic names equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim or Calum, Irish Maol Colm, Middle Irish Máel Coluim, Old Irish Máel Columb (literally “devotee of [Saint] Columba”); proper nouns derived from máel (“tonsured”) from Proto-Celtic *mailos, and columb (“dove”) from Latin columbus.

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