Meaning of Gordon | Babel Free
ˈɡɔrdn̩Definitions
- A Gordon setter.
- A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
- An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman for someone from Gourdon, France.
- A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”).
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan).
- A Jewish habitational surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A place name:
- A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6443).
- A locale in Australia.
- A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.
- A suburb of Sydney in Ku-ring-gai council area, New South Wales.
- A locality in Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
- A river in Tasmania, Australia.
- A town in Victoria; named for early settler George Gordon.
- A river in Western Australia, Australia; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
- A locale in the United States:
- A town in Houston County, Alabama.
- A city in Wilkinson County, Georgia; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon.
- An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky.
- A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
- A city in Sheridan County, Nebraska; named for early settler John Gordon.
- A village in Darke County, Ohio; named for an early settler.
- A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; named for judge David F. Gordon.
- A minor city in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
- A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Examples
“Mount⟳, vassals, couch your lances, and cry⟳, "Gordon! Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!"”
“Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like⟳ Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name⟳ like⟳ "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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