Definition of "Elgin"

A surname.  examples

A placename

1. A town in Moray council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, the original place from which the others were named.  examples

2. A large valley southeast of Cape Town, South Africa.  examples

3. A number of places in Canada:

   1. An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Grassland, Manitoba.  examples

   2. A rural community and parish in Albert County, New Brunswick.  examples

   3. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.  examples

   4. A hamlet in Rideau Lakes, Ontario.  examples

   5. A county in Ontario; see Elgin County.  examples

   6. A rural municipality in Quebec.  examples

4. A number of places in the United States:

   1. An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Alabama.  examples

   2. A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.  examples

   3. A ghost town in Merced County, California.  examples

   4. A city in Cook County and Kane County, Illinois.  examples

   5. A township in Kane County, Illinois.  examples

   6. A tiny city in Fayette County, Iowa.  examples

   7. A tiny city in Chautauqua County, Kansas.  examples

   8. A small city and township in Wabasha County, Minnesota.  examples

   9. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Missouri.  examples

   10. A minor city and township in Antelope County, Nebraska.  examples

   11. A ghost town in Nevada.  examples

   12. A tiny city in Grant County, North Dakota.  examples

   13. A village in Van Wert County, Ohio.  examples

   14. A small city in Comanche County, Oklahoma.  examples

   15. A small city in Union County, Oregon.  examples

   16. A borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania.  examples

   17. An incorporated town in Kershaw County, South Carolina.  examples

   18. A census-designated place in Lancaster County, South Carolina.  examples

   19. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.  examples

   20. A city in Bastrop County and Travis County, Texas.  examples

   21. A neighborhood of Green River, Emery County, Utah.  examples

5. A rural locality in the Shire of Capel, Western Australia.  examples

A Scottish earldom.  examples