CRAIG

Proper noun

Craig

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

An Irish surname of Hiberno-Norman origin, an anglicization of de Craig, de Creag (ā€œof the cragā€).

An Irish surname, a variant anglicization of de Carraig (Carrick).

A male given name from surnames.

A locale in United States.

A city in Alaska; named for early settler and fishmonger Craig Miller.

A city, the county seat of Moffat County, Colorado; named for financier Rev. William Bayard Craig.

A city in Iowa.

A city in Missouri; named for lawyer and politician James Craig.

A village in Nebraska; named for early settler William Stewart Craig.

An unincorporated community in California; named for a railroad official.

An unincorporated community in Indiana.

An unincorporated community in Montana.

An unincorporated community in Ohio.

A ghost town in Modoc County, California; named for postmaster Robert A. Craig.

A river in Alaska, United States, and British Columbia, Canada; named for engineer John Davidson Craig.

Anagrams

• Agric., agric., argic, cigar

Etymology

Noun

craig (plural craigs)

A rocky crag.

Anagrams

• Agric., agric., argic, cigar

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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