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| Ghurtduine, Gaelic, a fierce man; Gwrddyn, Welsh, a strong man; Cawrdyn, Welsh, a bero, a giant. Some have derived the Gordons from Gordinia, in Thessaly; others say they are descendants of the Gorduni mentioned by Caesar in his Commentaries. The name appears to be local, and may be derived from a town in France of that name, in the Department of Lot It signifies in Gaelic the round hill, or the hill that surrounds, from Gour, round, and dun, a hill or fort | |
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| Mentioned: Place of Origin : Warwickshire (United Kingdom) | Hampshire (United Kingdom) | Mayo (Ireland) | Lancashire (United Kingdom) | Cumbria (United Kingdom) | North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) |
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