Peebles
English edit
Etymology edit
- The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
- The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.
Proper noun edit
Peebles
- A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
- A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A village in Adams County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A locality north-west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand. [1]
- A surname.