Cluny
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Cluny
- A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Scottish Gaelic, from cluain (“meadow”).[1]
Proper noun
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
- ^ 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