Ringgold

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proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

proper nounRinggold (countable and uncountable, plural Ringgolds)

plural Ringgolds

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States, those named after Samuel Ringgold (United States Army officer) marked ★.
    1. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Catoosa County, Georgia. ★
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky. ★
    3. countableuncountableA town in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. ★
    4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in McPherson County, Nebraska, the name taken from a former place in Dawson County.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio. ★
    7. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. ★
    8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas, named after the landowner's wife's family.
    9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. ★
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.

Origin

From the German surname, Americanized from Ringold.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Goldring
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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