Etymology

Arbroath

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Today it means: A coastal town and former royal burgh in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6441). Full definition →

Pictish *aber
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The story

  1. Pictish · derived from*aber“estuary”
  2. English todayArbroath

Historically Aberbrothock. From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Brothock, a river name.

Words from the same roots

Pictish*aber all →

AberlourAberdourInverbervie

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.