Clachan Definition

klăKHən
noun
A hamlet.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Clachan

Noun

Singular:
clachan
Plural:
clachans

Origin of Clachan

  • Partly from Irish clachán and partly from Scottish Gaelic clachan both ultimately from Old Irish clochán, clachán causeway, paved road from cloch, clach stone Welsh clwg steep rock, cliff

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Scottish Gaelic.

    From Wiktionary

Clachan Sentence Examples

  • Glen Rosa and Glen Sannox are remarkable for their wild beauty, and among others are Iorsa, Catacol, Chalmadale, Cloy, Shant, Shurig, Tuie, Clachan, Monamore, Ashdale (with two cascades) and Scorrodale.

  • In the saint's cave on the shore may be seen the rocky shelf on which he made his bed, but his remains were interred in the hamlet of Clachan, some 2 m.

  • Sell (pop. 424), the most northerly, is connected with the mainland by means of Clachan bridge on its north-east side, near Rue.

  • From the steep descent above Clachan he saw the blacksmith standing outside the smithy door.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLA

Words Ending With

NANHAN

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