Calderwood

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proper noun

A suburban area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS643375).

OriginOld English wudu →
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Meanings

proper nounCalderwood (countable and uncountable, plural Calderwoods)

plural Calderwoods · alternative Catherwood

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA suburban area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS643375).
    2. countableuncountableA suburb of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia.
    3. countableuncountableA village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. countableuncountableA ghost town in Blount County, Tennessee, United States.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwudu“wood”
  2. EnglishCalderwood

From the river name Calder + Old English wudu (“wood”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Calderwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calderwood

MLA

“Calderwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calderwood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Calderwood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calderwood.

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