Bankhead

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Bankhead

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Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

proper noun Bankheads

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from places. Sixty-three-year-old Tallulah Bankhead joined the British studio’s monstrous regiment as the religious fanatic who terrorises her dead son’s girlfriend in Die! Die! My Darling! (1965).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Aberdeen council area, south of Dyce (OS grid ref NJ8910).
  3. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ6608).
  4. countable, uncountable A western neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area (OS grid ref NT1971).
  5. countable, uncountable A suburban area south of Denny, Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8080).
  6. countable, uncountable A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6161).
  7. countable, uncountable A locality in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  8. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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"Bankhead." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bankhead. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Bankhead. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bankhead

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@misc{bankhead_2026,
  title = {Bankhead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bankhead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}