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Bankhead en · PROPN

Etymology

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A surname from places.
   • Sixty-three-year-old Tallulah Bankhead joined the British studio’s monstrous regiment as the religious fanatic who terrorises her dead son’s girlfriend in Die! Die! My Darling! (1965). 2018 January 18, Anne Billson, “'Hagsploitation': horror's obsession with older women returns”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2021:
2. (countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A number of places in Scotland, United Kingdom: ▸ A village in Aberdeen council area, south of Dyce (OS grid ref NJ8910).
3. (countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A number of places in Scotland, United Kingdom: ▸ A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ6608).
4. (countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A number of places in Scotland, United Kingdom: ▸ A western neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area (OS grid ref NT1971).
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A number of places in Scotland, United Kingdom: ▸ A suburban area south of Denny, Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8080).
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A number of places in Scotland, United Kingdom: ▸ A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6161).
7. (countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A locality in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
8. (countable, uncountable) A placename. ▸ A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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