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McGill

/məˈɡɪl/

proper noun

A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill "son of the stranger"

Less commonScrabble 11

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Meanings

proper noun

A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill "son of the stranger"
A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
One would have expected something more perfected from a don—and a lecturer at McGill at that.
1964 September, “New Books: A History of Russian Railways. By J. N. Westwood. Allen & Unwin. 45s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with McGill

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Cite this entry

APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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