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Vinony

carr

noun

  1. type of swamp
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kɑː(ɹ)/ / /kɑː/ / /kɑɹ/

name

Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr. * As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey. * Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”)) * Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).

  1. A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”).
  2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr.
  3. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre.

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  4. An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
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noun

Etymology: From Northumbrian Old English carr; possibly adopted from a Cumbric *carreg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

  1. Rock.