Kenmore

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proper noun

A small village on Loch Tay, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7745).

OriginScottish Gaelic A' Cheannmhor ← Old English Cynemǣr →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kenmare · alternative Kenmer · alternative Kenmir

  1. A small village on Loch Tay, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7745).
  2. A hamlet on Loch Torridon, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG7557).
  3. A rural community in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A place in the United States:
    1. A village in the town of Tonawanda, Erie County, New York.
    2. A neighbourhood of Akron, Ohio.
    3. A city in King County, Washington.
  5. A western suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  6. A habitational surname.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishCynemǣr“royal boundary”
  2. Scottish GaelicA' Cheannmhor“big head”
  3. EnglishKenmore

* (Place in Scotland, and those named after it): Anglicised form of Scottish Gaelic A' Cheannmhor (“big head”). * (Surname from a lost placename in England): Inherited from Old English Cynemǣr (“royal boundary”).

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APA

Kenmore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenmore

MLA

“Kenmore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenmore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kenmore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kenmore.

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