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Blair
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blair blàir
English
<dab>
Alternative forms
en Blaire Blayre
Etymology
From en gd blàr field, plain.
Pronunciation
en /bleɹ/ GA
en /blɛə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Blair.wav Southern England
Proper noun
~
en countable en.
en Port Blair renamed Sri Vijaya Puram 'to free nation from colonial imprints' w:India Today https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/port-blair-renamed-sri-vijaya-puram-amit-shah-pm-modi-vision-free-nation-from-colonial-imprints-2599292-2024-09-13 2024-09-13 Port Blair was named after Captain Archibald Blair, a British colonial navy official of the East India Company. https://web.archive.org/web/20240927175915/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/port-blair-renamed-sri-vijaya-puram-amit-shah-pm-modi-vision-free-nation-from-colonial-imprints-2599292-2024-09-13
en countable en unisex.
en male.
en female.
en number of places c/USA:
en twp co/Clay County s/Illinois.
en ucomm co/Doniphan County s/Kansas.
en twp co/Grand Traverse County s/Michigan.
en city/county seat co/Washington County s/Nebraska c/USA.
en ghost town co/Esmeralda County s/Nevada.
en town co/Jackson County s/Oklahoma.
en twp co/Blair County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Roane County s/Tennessee.
en ucomm co/Jefferson County s/West Virginia.
en ucomm co/Logan County s/West Virginia.
en city co/Trempealeau County s/Wisconsin.
en Blair County.
en village in the city:pref/Cambridge rmun/Waterloo p/Ontario c/Canada.
Derived terms
en Bald Blair Blair Athol Blair County Blairesque Blairian Blairism Blairist Blairista Blairite Blairstown Blairsville Blajorism Chair Dair Port Blair
See also
en Blair Atholl
Anagrams
en abilr Arbil Baril Bliar Libra Rabil brail libra
en unisex given names
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From gd blàr field, plain.
Proper noun
gd male
Descendants
en Blair Blaire Blayre
Mutation
B lair