McGill

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McGill

/məˈɡɪl/

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proper noun

A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill "son of the stranger"
A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
McGill University in Montreal, Canada. One would have expected something more perfected from a don—and a lecturer at McGill at that.

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Closest in meaning: mcmaster, montréal, columbia, laval, montreal, toronto, sherbrooke, university, college, institution, academy, campus, school, academe, institute, varsity

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@misc{mcgill_2026,
  title = {McGill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mcgill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}