McCartney

== English == === Alternative forms === Macartney === Etymology === Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Artaine (literally “son of Artan”), from mac (“son”) + Artan, a diminutive of the name Art, from Old Irish art (“bear”). Compare McCartan, of similar origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məkˈkɑː(ɹ)t.ni/ Hyphenation: Mc‧Cart‧ney === Proper noun === McCartney An Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic, notably of Sir Paul McCartney (b. 1942), one of the Beatles. An unincorporated community in Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== McCartneyesque McCartney bottle McCartney Cay === References ===