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cameron

/ˈkæmɚən/

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What does cameron mean?

proper noun

  1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
More meanings (22)

proper noun

  1. A census-designated place in the Navajo Nation territory, Coconino County, Arizona.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California; named for early settler George W. Cameron.
  3. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
  4. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Iowa.
  6. A census-designated place, the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
  7. A city in Missouri; named for early settler Malinda Cameron.
  8. An unincorporated community in Montana; named for founders James and Addison Bovey Cameron.
  9. A town in New York; named for early settler Dugald Cameron.
  10. A town in North Carolina.
  11. An unincorporated community in Ohio; named for the city in West Virginia.
  12. A town in Oklahoma; named for either mine inspector William Cameron or railroad official James Cameron.
  13. A town in South Carolina; named for the Scottish Highland Clan Cameron.
  14. A city, the county seat of Milam County, Texas; named for Republic of Texas army officer Ewen Cameron.
  15. A city in West Virginia; named for railroad worker Samuel Cameron.
  16. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin; named for lumber businessman James W. Cameron.
  17. A town in Barron County, Wisconsin; named for lawyer, banker and politician Angus Cameron.
  18. Three townships in the United States, in Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, listed under Cameron Township.
  19. A rural municipality of Manitoba; named for lawyer, judge and politician John Donald Cameron.
  20. An unincorporated village in Ontario; named for either early settler Duncan Cameron or politician Matthew Crooks Cameron.
  21. A surname from Irish.
  22. A parish of Fife, Scotland.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkæmɚən/

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He and Cameron were to have all their expenses paid, and certain shares upon the formulation of the company.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
A few months after the book was published Miss Cameron received a letter from a stranger living a thousand miles away.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Vital MessageProject Gutenberg ebook #439
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Model A is equipped with a Cameron 25-30 h. p., 4-cylinder, air-cooled motor.
William J. (William James) Jackman; Octave Chanute; Thomas Herbert RussellFlying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern AirshipProject Gutenberg ebook #907
I cannot tell you positively that what I hinted of this Cameron being commissioned from Prussia was true, but so it is believed.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
As Cameron publicly posted a declaration that the King was a forsworn tyrant, no mercy was shown to his unhappy followers after he was slain in battle.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699