Kirtland

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Kirtland (countable and uncountable, plural Kirtlands)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    • 2025 March 17, Austin Fisher, “ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say”, in Source New Mexico[1]:
      The Trump administration is developing Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, into a “deportation hub” and considering Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque as a possible military detention site for undocumented immigrants, the New York Times reported on Feb. 21.
  2. A city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.
  3. A town in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

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Descendants

  • Translingual: kirtlandii

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