name
Mackenzie
muh-KEHN-zee
name
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A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
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A unisex given name A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage, also in the form Makenzie.
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A unisex given name A male given name.
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A placename A number of places in Canada A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.
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A placename A number of places in Canada A district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.
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A placename A number of places in Canada A community in Shuniah, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
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A placename An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
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A placename A community in Linden, Guyana.
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A placename A territorial authority in south Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Mackenzie District.
noun
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A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.
Word Forms
Mackenzies plural, Mackenzies plural
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Etymology
Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).