Lunan

Lunan · proper noun¹

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*loukos“shining, white”
2. Scottish Gaelic · derived frominbhir“estuary”
3. English todayLunan

Formerly Inuerlunan, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“estuary”) + Lunan Water. The river-name itself is, per King (2007), from a Pictish reflex of Proto-Celtic *loukos (“shining, white”).

Lunan · proper noun²

Variant of Loonan.

Lunan · noun³

From Luna + -an.

Words from the same roots