Scottish Land-names: Their Origin and MeaningW. Blackwood & Sons, 1894 - 219 páginas |
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... . Cultmick in Wigtownshire is coillte muic , the swine- woods ; but Cultùllich in Perthshire must be read cul tulaich , back of the hill . The derivative coillin , woodland , produces Cullen in Banff 106 Scottish Land - Names .
... . Cultmick in Wigtownshire is coillte muic , the swine- woods ; but Cultùllich in Perthshire must be read cul tulaich , back of the hill . The derivative coillin , woodland , produces Cullen in Banff 106 Scottish Land - Names .
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Their Origin and Meaning Sir Herbert Maxwell. The derivative coillin , woodland , produces Cullen in Banff and Lanarkshire ; and another form , coill- eachan , gives Quillichan on the Findhorn . The usual Anglo - Saxon for wood was wudu ...
Their Origin and Meaning Sir Herbert Maxwell. The derivative coillin , woodland , produces Cullen in Banff and Lanarkshire ; and another form , coill- eachan , gives Quillichan on the Findhorn . The usual Anglo - Saxon for wood was wudu ...
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... The word doire gives the name to many places all over Scotland , from Sutherland to Galloway , usually with the definite article prefixed - the Dèrry or the Dèrries . It is a derivative of daur , meaning 108 Scottish Land - Names .
... The word doire gives the name to many places all over Scotland , from Sutherland to Galloway , usually with the definite article prefixed - the Dèrry or the Dèrries . It is a derivative of daur , meaning 108 Scottish Land - Names .
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Their Origin and Meaning Sir Herbert Maxwell. Dèrries . It is a derivative of daur , meaning strictly an oak - wood , but more generally any wood or thicket . Dirriemòre , a high mountain - pass in Ross - shire , is doire mór , great ...
Their Origin and Meaning Sir Herbert Maxwell. Dèrries . It is a derivative of daur , meaning strictly an oak - wood , but more generally any wood or thicket . Dirriemòre , a high mountain - pass in Ross - shire , is doire mór , great ...
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... derivative leamhraidhean ( lavran or lowran ) , elm - wood , becomes Lòwran and Lowring , also in Galloway ; and in the same province I have picked up an alternative form to leamhan , common in Ireland — namely , sleamh ( slav ) and ...
... derivative leamhraidhean ( lavran or lowran ) , elm - wood , becomes Lòwran and Lowring , also in Galloway ; and in the same province I have picked up an alternative form to leamhan , common in Ireland — namely , sleamh ( slav ) and ...
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