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Gordon

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1. Gordon - Noun

2. Gordon - Proper noun

Meaning

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A city in Texas.

A town in Alabama.

An unincorporated community in Kentucky.

An unincorporated community in California.

An unincorporated community in Illinois.

An unincorporated community in Kansas.

A town in Douglas County, Wisconsin.

A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6443).

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 locale in Australia.
A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.

A suburb of Sydney; probably named for British Army officer James Willoughby Gordon.

A town in Victoria; named for early settler George Gordon.

A locale in the United States.
A city in Georgia; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon.

A city in Nebraska; named for early settler John Gordon.

A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.

A borough of Pennsylvania; named for judge David F. Gordon.

A village in Ohio; named for an early settler.

A river in Tasmania, Australia.

A river in Western Australia, Australia; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.

Gordon (plural Gordons)

A Gordon setter.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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One of the laws of nature," Gordon said, "is that half the people have got to be below average.""For a Gaussian distribution, yeah," Cooper said. "Sad, though. Gregory Benford

As for Gordon Brown - I've described him and Blair as two cheeks of the same arse. George Galloway

Survivalists. Gordon felt a wave of revulsion. David Brin

On my 100th birthday, piloting Gordon and myself into the side of a mountain. Maeve Binchy

Gordon Jackson! (throughout) Linda Smith

I had a little teddy bear called Gordon the gopher. I took him to bed with me, he'd come to school with me cos he was my favourite. John Terry

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