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Currie

The English word “Currie” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada.
  2. An unincorporated community in Pender County, North Carolina.
  3. The largest township on, and the administrative centre of, King Island, Tasmania, Australia.

Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from the place in Edinburgh, possibly from Scottish Gaelic currach (“boggy plain”). * Also as a Scottish surname, from Corrie in Dumfriesshire. * Also as a Scottish surname, Scottish form of Curry, or Anglicized from Mac Mhuirich, see McMurray. * As an English surname, variant of Currey. * As an Arabic surname, Americanized from Khoury, Khouri. Compare Cury, Curry.

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