Gordon

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈɡɔrdn̩/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡɔːdn̩/

Proper noun

1. A village in Berwickshire, Scotland. Derived from a cel-bry-pro - term meaning “spacious fort”.
2. Surname for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
3. Surname for someone from Gourdon, France.
4. Surname, an anglicization of de Górdún ("of Gordon (Berwickshire)").
5. Surname, an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin ("son of Muirneachán") (traditionally Magournahan).
6. Surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.
   • 1822 Walter Scott, Poetical Works: Halidon Hill (Baudry's European Library, 1838), page 420:

     Mount, vassals, couch your lances, and cry, "Gordon!

     Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!"

7. A male given name.
   • 1913 Harry Leon Wilson, Bunker Bean (BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, ISBN 0554347148, page 13:

     Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.

8. A locale in Australia.
   1. A suburb in Canberra, ;.
   2. A suburb in Sydney, ;.
   3. A town in Victoria, ;.
9. A locale in US.
   1. A city in Georgia, ;.
   2. A city in Nebraska, ;.
   3. A city in Texas.
   4. A town in Alabama.
   5. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
   6. A town in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
   7. A borough in Pennsylvania, ;.
   8. A village in Ohio, ;.
   9. An unincorporated community in California.
   10. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
   11. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
   12. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
10. A river in Tasmania, Australia.
11. A river in Western Australia, Australia.

Noun

Gordon (plural Gordons)

1. A Gordon setter.

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