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Garland

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English

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Garland, Nebraska

Etymology

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English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (triangular piece of land) + land.

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Garland (countable and uncountable, plural Garlands)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of garlands.
    • 2022 July 6, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov[1]:
      U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.
  2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States, named for persons with the surname:
    1. A town in Miller County, Arkansas.
    2. An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas.
    3. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
    4. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
    5. A village in Seward County, Nebraska.
    6. A town in Sampson County, North Carolina.
    7. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio.
    8. A city mostly in Dallas County, Texas.
    9. A city in Box Elder County, Utah.
    10. A census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming.

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