Kinnaird is originally a

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

topographical term, ''ceann ard'', meaning "high headland". Kinnaird may refer to:

Places

Canada

Kinnaird, British Columbia Kinnaird ( gd, An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a neighbourhood comprising the southern part of Castlegar, British Columbia. Name origin Formerly named West Waterloo, it was an original station on the Columbia and Western Railway opened in 1897. ...

, a neighbourhood in Castlegar, British Columbia

Scotland

* Kinnaird, Angus, village in Angus, Scotland, location of Kinnaird Castle and birthplace of

Sir James Carnegie, 5th Baronet Sir James Carnegie of Kinnaird and of Pitarrow, 5th Baronet DL (1799 – 30 January 1849) was a Scottish politician and ''de jure'' 8th Earl of Southesk, 8th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and 8th Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars. Background ...

Kinnaird, Atholl Kinnaird ( gd, An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a village in Atholl, and the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland. It lies on the Kinnaird Burn, one mile from Pitlochry on the A924 road A9, A.9, A09, A 9 or A-9 may refer to Science * A ...

, village in Atholl (northern Perthshire), Scotland *

Kinnaird, Gowrie Kinnaird ( gd, An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a village in Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. It is notable for its 15th-century castle. The four-storeyed Kinnaird Castle was a stronghold of the Threiplands of Fingask, a local Jacobitism, Jacobit ...

, village in Gowrie (southern Perthshire), Scotland * Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, estate of the ''Bruces'' of Airth in Stirlingshire, Scotland, see

James Bruce James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia and in 1770 became the first Europ ...

Kinnaird Head Kinnaird Head ( gd, An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the ...

, promontory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

People

Kinnaird is a common Scottish surname, occasionally also used as a forename: *

Kinnaird R. McKee Kinnaird Rowe McKee (August 14, 1929 – December 30, 2013) was an American United States Navy four star admiral who served as Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion from 1982 to 1988. He also served as Superintendent, United States Naval Academy fro ...

, American United States Navy four star admiral

Other uses

Kinnaird College for Women University The Kinnaird College for Women (KCW) is a university located in Lahore, Pakistan. It is a women's liberal arts university. Kinnaird was established in 1913 by the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission. In 1919, Presbyterian Mission Church and the Ch ...

, Women's college in Lahore, Punjab *

Lord Kinnaird Lord Kinnaird was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1682 for George Kinnaird. The ninth Lord was created Baron Rossie, of Rossie in the County of Perth, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831, with normal remainder to th ...

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