Etymology

Rutherglen

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Today it means: A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6161). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic An Ruadh-Ghleann
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromAn Ruadh-Ghleann“the red valley”
  2. English todayRutherglen

From Scottish Gaelic An Ruadh-Ghleann (“the red valley”). Cognate with Scots Ruglen.

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicAn Ruadh-Ghleann all →

Ruglonian

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