Antonyms for
gordon
A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
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All Definitions for Gordon

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1A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
2An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman for someone from Gourdon, France.
3A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”).
4A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan).
5A Jewish habitational surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.
6A male given name transferred from the surname.
7A place name:
8A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6443).
9A locale in Australia.
10A suburb of Canberra
11Amed for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.
12A suburb of Sydney in Ku-ring-gai council area, New South Wales.
13A locality in Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
14A river in Tasmania, Australia.
15A town in Victoria
16Amed for early settler George Gordon.
17A river in Western Australia, Australia
18Amed for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
19A locale in the United States:
20A town in Houston County, Alabama.
21A city in Wilkinson County, Georgia
22Amed for railroad official William Washington Gordon.
23An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois.
24An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas.
25An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky.
26A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
27A city in Sheridan County, Nebraska
28Amed for early settler John Gordon.
29A village in Darke County, Ohio
30Amed for an early settler.
31A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
32Amed for judge David F. Gordon.
33A minor city in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
34A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin
35Amed for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.
36A town and census-designated place therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
37A Gordon setter.

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