Kirk — ist ein Vorname und Familienname. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung 2 Bekannte Namensträger 2.1 Nachname 2.2 Vorname … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kirk — can mean church in general or the Church of Scotland in particular. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it.Basic meaning and etymologyAs a common noun, kirk is the Scots and Scottish English word for church , attested as a… … Wikipedia
Kirk — Kirk, Captain one of the main characters in the television programme ↑Star Trek, whose full name is Captain James T. Kirk. Captain Kirk is a brave, determined man who is in charge of the ↑Starship Enterprise … Dictionary of contemporary English
kirk — ► NOUN Scottish & N. English 1) a church. 2) (the Kirk or the Kirk of Scotland) the Church of Scotland. ORIGIN from the same Old English root as CHURCH(Cf. ↑church) … English terms dictionary
kirk — [kʉrk; ] Scot [ kirk] n. [Scot < ME kirke < OE cirice (infl. by ON kirkja): see CHURCH] [Scot. or North Eng.] a church the Kirk the Presbyterian Church of Scotland … English World dictionary
Kirk — (k[ e]rk), n. [Scot.; cf. Icel. kirkja, of Greek origin. See {Church}.] A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Kirk — m Scottish and English: transferred use of the surname, originally a northern English and Scottish local name for someone who lived near a church (from Old Norse kirkja). Recent use has probably been influenced to some extent by the film actor… … First names dictionary
Kirk — Kirk, Kerk englischer Name nordischen Ursprungs, Bedeutung: der bei einer Kirche Wohnende. Namensträger: Kirk Douglas, US amerikanischer Schauspieler … Deutsch namen
kirk — [kə:k US kə:rk] n 1.) a church used in Scotland and Northern England 2.) the Kirk the Church of Scotland … Dictionary of contemporary English
kirk — [ kɜrk ] noun count SCOTTISH a church a. the Kirk the Church of Scotland … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
