Birney

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Birney

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

proper noun Birneys · Birnie

countable, uncountable A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Rosebud County, Montana, United States.

noun Birneys · Birnie

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.

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@misc{birney_2026,
  title = {Birney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/birney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}