Mackenzie

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Scotland, traditional elsewhere) IPA^(key): /mɑˈkɛn.ji/
• (spelling pronunciation):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈkɛn.ziː/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈkɛn.zi/

Proper noun

Mackenzie (countable and uncountable, plural Mackenzies)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
2. A unisex given name
   1. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage, also in the form Makenzie.
   2. A male given name.
3. A placename
   1. A number of places in Canada
      1. A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

         Alternative form: Mackenzie River

         Synonym: Deh Cho

      2. A district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.
      3. A community in Shuniah, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
   2. An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
   3. A community in Linden, Guyana.
   4. A territorial authority in south Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Mackenzie District.

Alternative forms

• MacKensie
• Mac Kensie
• Mackensie
• Mackenzi
• MacKenzie
• Mac Kenzie
• MacKinzie
• Mckensie
• Mc Kensie
• McKensie
• Mckenzi
• Mckenzie
• McKenzie
• Mc Kenzie
• Mckinzie
• McKinzie

Derived terms

• Mackenzie District
• Mackenzie River

Translations

a surname

• Persian: مکنزی (makenzi)
• Russian: Макке́нзи (ru) (Makkénzi)

Noun

Mackenzie (plural Mackenzies)

1. A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.

See also

• MacCoinneach
• MacKenna