Etymology

Ravenglass

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Today it means: A coastal village in Muncaster parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SD0896). Full definition →

Old Irish rann
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The story

  1. Old Irish · derived fromrann“part, share”
  2. English todayRavenglass

From Old Irish rann (“part, share”) + Glas, a personal-name.

Words from the same roots

Old Irishrann all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.