Meanings
proper nounColquhoun (plural Colquhouns)
plural Colquhouns
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
For more than 750 years the lochside village of Luss has been the home of the chiefs of the Colquhoun clan.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 270
Origin
Habitational surname borrowed from Scottish Gaelic, possibly from cùil (“nook, angle, corner”) + cumhang (“narrow, close”).
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APA
Colquhoun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Colquhoun
MLA
“Colquhoun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Colquhoun. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Colquhoun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Colquhoun.
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