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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
A unisex given name
A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage, also in the form Makenzie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
A unisex given name
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in Canada
A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: Deh Cho
Antonyms: none provided
name
A placename
A number of places in Canada
A district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A number of places in Canada
A community in Shuniah, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A community in Linden, Guyana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename
A territorial authority in south Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Mackenzie District.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Alternative letter-case form of Mackenzie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mackenzie River
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river
noun
Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: explorer, adventurer
History
Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
