Burnside

See also: burnside

English

Etymology

From burn (“stream”) +‎ side.

Proper noun

Burnside

  1. Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.
    1. A suburban area of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6260).
    2. A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. [1]
    3. An industrial suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand. [2]
  2. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a burn (stream), or in any of the Scottish towns.

References
  1. NZ Topo Map Christchurch
  2. NZ Topo Map Dunedin

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