name
Meaning 1
A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
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Standard Lemma guide
Lockerbie
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name
Meaning 2
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 3
A terrorist bomb attack on an aeroplane.
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History
Etymology
From the personal name Lockard + the Old Norse byr (“farm”).
Named after the Pan Am Flight 103, a terrorist attack on a plane, which happened above the town of Lockerbie.