Etymology

Cathcart

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Today it means: A southern suburb of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5860). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic cath
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromcath“battle”
  2. English todayCathcart

From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”) + the name of the River Cart.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.