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Keith

Pronunciation: /kiːθ/

The English word “Keith” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, United States.

Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from the placename in Moray, Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic Cèith, meaning "wood" or "from the battleground," which is probably borrowed from Pictish *ᚉᚓᚈ (cēt) meaning "wood", or a forest, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd. * As a German surname, from Middle High German kit (“sprout, offspring”); compare Middle High German kint.

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