Malcolm

Pronunciation: /ˈmæl.kəm/

The English word “Malcolm” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.

Etymology

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.

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