Carson

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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  • (surname and given name): Karson

Etymology

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Could originate from the Gaelic name "Carr" or "Carra", meaning "rock" or "fort," combined with "son", thus "son of Carr.".

Pronunciation

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Carson

  1. A Scottish surname, possibly a form of Curzon.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A locale in the United States.
    1. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
    2. A city in Iowa.
    3. A census-designated place in Washington; named for nearby Carson Creek.
    4. A town in Wisconsin; named for early settler Samuel Carson.
    5. A city, the county seat of Grant County, North Dakota; named for the two founders, a blend of their surnames: Carter and Pederson.
    6. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
    7. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
    8. An unincorporated community in New Mexico; named for American frontiersman Kit Carson.
    9. An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for early settler Tom Corson.
    10. An unincorporated community in Virginia.
    11. A ghost town in Missouri; named for local businessman Jack Carson.
  5. A desert in the Lahontan Basin of Nevada.
  6. A mountain range in eastern California and western Nevada, a spur of the Sierra Nevada.
  7. A river in northwestern Nevada; flowing from the confluence of the West Fork Carson and East Fork Carson near Minden into the Carson Sink; named for Kit Carson.
  8. A river in northern Western Australia; flowing from the Foster Range at the Drysdale River National Park into the King Edward River near Kalumburu; named for Victoria Squatting Company director David Carson.

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Carson.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Car‧son

Proper noun

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Carson

  1. a surname from English