Etymology

Balclutha

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Today it means: A town on the Clutha River in South Otago, New Zealand, which is the administrative centre for Clutha District. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic baile
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived frombaile
  2. English todayBalclutha

From Scottish Gaelic baile + Clutha, an old name for the River Clyde.

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaelicbaile all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.