Etymology

Mckinley

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Today it means: A United States five-hundred-dollar bill. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac
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Mckinley · proper noun1

Rare spelling variant of McKinley.

McKinley · proper noun, noun2

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromMac
  2. English todayMcKinley

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)". The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of William McKinley featured on it.

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicMac all →

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