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Birney

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 2

A census-designated place in Rosebud County, Montana, United States.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

A design of smaller streetcar with a single four-wheel truck produced in North America between 1915 and 1930, and apparently named after Charles Birney.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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History

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).