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craig

n. 1 (surname Scottish from=Scottish Gaelic dot=), originally meaning someone who lived near a crag. 2 (given name male from=surnames) transferred from the surname. 3 A river in Alaska and British Columbia.

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Craig, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000): 1397
Housing Units (2000): 580
Land area (2000): 6.680181 sq. miles (17.301589 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.717050 sq. miles (7.037127 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.397231 sq. miles (24.338716 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17740
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 55.476995 N, 133.141042 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99921
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Headwords:
Craig, AK
Craig
Craig, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 241
Housing Units (2000): 111
Land area (2000): 0.281363 sq. miles (0.728728 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.281363 sq. miles (0.728728 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11090
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.784936 N, 96.361890 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68019
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Headwords:
Craig, NE
Craig
Craig, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado
Population (2000): 9189
Housing Units (2000): 3851
Land area (2000): 4.870774 sq. miles (12.615247 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.870774 sq. miles (12.615247 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17760
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.516896 N, 107.550389 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81625
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Headwords:
Craig, CO
Craig
Craig, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 102
Housing Units (2000): 46
Land area (2000): 0.093851 sq. miles (0.243074 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.093851 sq. miles (0.243074 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16950
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.896324 N, 96.310256 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Craig, IA
Craig
Craig, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 309
Housing Units (2000): 154
Land area (2000): 0.275890 sq. miles (0.714551 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.275890 sq. miles (0.714551 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17056
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 40.192220 N, 95.373617 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Craig, MO
Craig
Craig -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 14950
Housing Units (2000): 6459
Land area (2000): 761.031981 sq. miles (1971.063698 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.682934 sq. miles (4.358779 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 762.714915 sq. miles (1975.422477 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.699384 N, 95.170605 W
Headwords:
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Craig, OK
Craig County
Craig County, OK
Craig -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 5091
Housing Units (2000): 2554
Land area (2000): 330.609924 sq. miles (856.275736 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004620 sq. miles (0.011966 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 330.614544 sq. miles (856.287702 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.470341 N, 80.206295 W
Headwords:
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Craig, VA
Craig County
Craig County, VA
Wikipedia
Craig (given name)

Craig is an English-language masculine given name of an ultimately Celtic derivation. The name has two origins. In some cases it can originate from a nickname, derived from the Scottish Gaelic word creag, meaning "rock," similar to Peter. In other cases, the given name originates from the Scottish surname Craig, which is also derived from the same Scottish Gaelic word. Cognate forms of creag include the Irish creig, Manx creg, and Welsh craig. The English word " crag" also shares an origin with these Celtic words. The given name Craig is popular in Scotland, and is used throughout the English speaking world, though in North America it is often pronounced with a short vowel sound, as in "egg," while the British pronunciation sounds like the diphthong in "brain."

Craig (surname)

Craig is a surname, derived from the Scottish Gaelic creag. The word craig ( Anglicised to crag) refers to a small, rocky hill in Scottish English. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alfred M. Craig (1832-1911), American jurist
  • Allan Craig (born 1904), Scottish footballer
  • Allen Craig (born 1984), American Major League baseballer
  • Amanda Craig (born 1959), British author
  • Caroline Craig (born 1975), Australian actress
  • Charles C. Craig (1865-1944), American jurist and legislator
  • Charlotte Craig (born 1991), American Taekwondo practitioner
  • Daniel Craig (born 1968), English actor
  • Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), English theatre practitioner
  • Elijah Craig (died 1808), American preacher
  • Elizabeth Craig (writer) (1883–1980), British chef
  • Elizabeth A. Craig, American biochemist and geneticist
  • Sir Ernest Craig, 1st Baronet (1859–1933), British Conservative Party politician
  • Fred Craig (Scottish footballer), played for Plymouth Argyle
  • F. W. S. Craig (1929–1989), Scottish politician
  • Gordon A. Craig (1913–2005), Scottish-American historian
  • Harmon Craig (1926–2003), American geochemist
  • Hector Craig (1775-1842), Congressman from New York
  • Irwin Craig (died 1970), American juror
  • James Craig (disambiguation)
  • Jenny Craig (born 1932), American entrepreneur
  • Joe Craig (born 1980), British author
  • John Craig (disambiguation)
  • John Manson Craig (1896–1970), Scottish soldier
  • Judy Craig (born 1946), American singer
  • Larry Craig (born 1945), American politician
  • Locke Craig (1860–1925), American politician
  • Malin Craig (1875–1945), American general
  • Michael Craig (born 1968), American judge
  • Mikey Craig (born 1960), British DJ and musician
  • Neil Craig (born 1956), Australian rules footballer and coach
  • Paco Craig (born 1965), American football player
  • Philip Craig (disambiguation)
  • Ralph Craig (1889–1972), American track and field athlete
  • Richard Craig (1877–1966), Canadian politician
  • Robert Craig (disambiguation)
  • Rod Craig (1958–2013), American baseball player
  • Roger Craig (American football) (born 1960), American football player
  • Roger Craig (baseball) (born 1930), American baseball player
  • Ryan Craig (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ryan Craig (playwright), British playwright
  • Steven Craig (born 1981), Scottish footballer
  • Tommy Craig, (born 1950), Scottish footballer
  • Thomas Craig (actor), English actor
  • Thomas Craig (poet) (c.1538-1608), Scottish jurist and poet
  • Thomas Dixon Craig (1842–1905), Canadian politician
  • Wendy Craig (born 1934), English actress
  • W. G. Craig, British locomotive engineer
  • William Craig (logician) (born 1918), American logician
  • William Craig (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1924), Northern Irish politician
  • William Lane Craig (born 1949), American philosopher
  • William Marshall Craig, English painter
  • Yvonne Craig (1937–2015), American actress

Usage examples of "craig".

He led Craig through to a small back office and accepted the two unaddressed manila envelopes without comment.

Each was preceded by days of discussion with the seller, and study of the beasts themselves, while Craig enjoyed the traditional hospitality of the Afrikaner country folk.

It was strange, Craig pondered, that the cattle, herding tribes see me always to have been the most dominant and warlike: people such as the Masai and Bechuana and Zulu had always lorded it over the mere tillers of the earth.

Tungata plumbed it with the nylon rope before Craig began the descent.

The two girls were perched on the lower rung, Craig was strapped to the main upright with a loop of canvas under his armpits, and Tungata, in the water beside him, was holding his head, preventing it from flopping forward.

The famous Wankie National Park was also in Matabeleland, and for minutes the two guerrillas whispered together and then looked up at Craig again.

While the guerrillas dressed in these uniforms, Craig checked the time.

He would not, however, deprive Shadrach of an opportunity to show off his bargaining skill, nor insult him by trying to hasten the proceedings, so these were extended over the next two days while Craig reroofed the old guest cottage with a sheet of heavy canvas, replaced the looted pump with a Lister diesel to raise water from the borehole and set up his new camp-bed in the bare bedroom of the cottage.

Even when Craig rebuilt the house and restocked the pastures, that vital element had been lacking still.

Through the glass doors, Craig saw a dozen troopers carrying heavy crates up onto the veranda.

When Craig crossed the sidewalk he moved easily, i without trace of a limp, so that nobody watching him would have guessed at his disability.

The spot lamp caught the hand, and so it was the first impression that Craig had of her.

And turning to Craig, "I wanted an opportunity for Sally-Anne to show you her stuff.

It took a physical-effort for Craig to touch the photograph and gently turn it face down.

Involuntarily, Craig shuddered and looked down at the photograph again.