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Gath¹

Where it comes from

Various origins:

* A reduced form of McGath, a Scottish surname.

* A variant of Garth, an English topographic surname.

* Borrowed from North German Gath, a topographic surname from Middle Low German gate (“street, alley”).

proper noun Gaths

  1. A surname.

Gath²

Where it comes from

From Hebrew גַּת (“wine press”), from a Philistine word such as Gīt.

proper noun

  1. A city in ancient Philistia, home of Goliath, located in the foothills of the Judean Mountains in what is most likely modern-day Israel.

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"Gath." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gath. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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"Gath." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gath.

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@misc{gath_2026,
  title = {Gath},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gath},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}