Cluny
English
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Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cluny
- A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Scottish Gaelic, from cluain (“meadow”).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Cluny
- A parish south of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, the location of Cluny Castle (OS grid ref NJ6812). [2]
- A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, north-west of Kirkcaldy (OS grid ref NT2495). [3]
- A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the parish of Cluny in Scotland.
References
[edit]- ^ Milne, J. (1912). Celtic Place-names in Aberdeenshire: With a Vocabulary of Gaelic Words Not in Dictionaries ; the Meaning and Etymology of the Gaelic Names of Places in Aberdeenshire ; Written for the Committee of the Carnegie Trust. United Kingdom: Aberdeen Daily Journal, p. 94-96
- ^ Parish of Cluny
- ^ OS: Fife
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Communes of France
- en:Places in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- en:Places in France
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- en:Places in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- en:Villages in Fife, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in Fife, Scotland
- en:Villages in Alberta
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Alberta
- en:Places in Canada