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Craig Moderate

Craig has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

A rocky crag.

"The climbers struggled to find a secure foothold on the steep craig overlooking the valley."

Proper Noun
1

A Scottish habitational surname, from Scottish Gaelic from Scottish Gaelic creag, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag.

"Craig is a common Scottish surname derived from the word for a rocky cliff."

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Origin

The word craig comes from the Scottish Gaelic word creag, which means "rock." It entered English as a doublet of the place name Carrick, sharing the same root meaning.

Rhyming Words
aig haig taig stravaig laphroaig alexander selcraig
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