Etymology

Dalrymple

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Today it means: A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3614). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic dail
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromdail“field, meadow”
  2. English todayDalrymple

From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field, meadow”) + an unexplained second element.

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaelicdail all →

Dalgleish

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