Etymology

Strathclyde

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Today it means: A former local government region in the west of Scotland, created in 1975, abolished in 1996. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Srath Chluaidh ← Cumbric *strat
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  1. Cumbric · derived from*strat“river-valley”
  2. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromSrath Chluaidh
  3. English todayStrathclyde

An adaptation of Scottish Gaelic Srath Chluaidh, from Cumbric *strat (“river-valley”) + *Clud (“Clyde (river)”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.