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Etymology edit

Royal name in Scotland, anglicised from various historical Goidelic names equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim or Calum, Irish Maol Colm, Middle Irish Máel Coluim, Old Irish Máel Columb (literally devotee of [Saint] Columba); proper nouns derived from máel (tonsured) from Proto-Celtic *mailos, and columb (dove) from Latin columbus.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: mălʹkəm, IPA(key): /ˈmæl.kəm/
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Proper noun edit

Malcolm

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum or Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.
  2. A surname.
  3. A place name:
    1. A minor city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
    2. An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
    3. A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
    4. An abandoned town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.

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References edit

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.