Carberry

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proper noun

A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).

OriginScottish Gaelic craobh ← Irish Ó Cairbre →
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Meanings

proper nounCarberry (countable and uncountable, plural Carberrys)

plural Carberrys

  1. countableuncountableA village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).
  2. countableuncountableA town in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, Manitoba, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Cairbre“descendant of Cairbre”
  2. Scottish Gaeliccraobh“tree”
  3. EnglishCarberry

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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