Strathmore
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English
Etymology
Of Scottish origin; from strath (“a wide, flat river valley”) + mōr (“swamp”).
Proper noun
Strathmore
- A large valley in Angus council area, and partly in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland.
- 1951 August, S. G. E. Lythe, “The Dundee & Newtyle Railway: I—Promotion and Management, 1825-1846”, in Railway Magazine, pages 546-547:
- So, despite the obvious difficulties of crossing the intervening Sidlaws, correspondents to the Dundee newspapers in 1817 were advocating a "terraqueous undertaking" in the form of a canal from the town into Strathmore.
- A valley and river therein, in Sutherland, Highland council area, in the far north of Scotland (the valley is spelt Strath More on an Ordnance Survey map).
- A town in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada.
- A place in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
- A census-designated place in Aberdeen Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
- A hamlet in Manhasset, North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
- A neighbourhood of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
- A small settlement east of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. [1]
- A locality in the Shire of Mareeba and Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia.
- A suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia.