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The name of the highland clan in Scotland is indeed from Gaelic camshron,, "hooked nose." But not all Scots whose surname is Cameron are members of the highland clan. According to Reaney & Wilson's A Dictionary of Surnames, some lowland Scots with the surname Cameron derive it from a place name in the county of Fife, and according to Hanks & Hodges's A Dictionary of Surnames that place name meant "bent hill".