Peebles

English

Peebles, Wisconsin

Etymology

• The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
• The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

Proper noun

Peebles

1. A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).
2. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. A village in Adams County, Ohio, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
5. A locality north-west of Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand.
6. A surname.

Derived terms

• Peeblesshire

Anagrams

• besleep