Mackay

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proper noun

A surname, alternative form of MacKay.

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Meanings

Mackay1

proper noun
  1. A surname, alternative form of MacKay.
  2. A city and local government area (Mackay Region) in northern Queensland, Australia.

    The coastal port cities, Mackay and Rockhampton, are 100 miles or more from Queensland's coal mines.

    2011 January 12, Joel Kirkland, “Australia's Record Rains Squeeze World Coal Supplies as Scientists Study Climate Pattern”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025
  3. A town in Custer County, Idaho, United States.

MacKay2

proper nounMacKay (countable and uncountable, plural MacKays)

plural MacKays · alternative Mackay

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.

Origin

Mackay · proper noun

See McKay.

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MacKay · proper noun

Variant of McKay.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Mackay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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