Etymology

melrose

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Today it means: honey of roses, a mixture formerly used in gargles and lotions Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic maol
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived frommaol“bare, barren”
  2. English todayMelrose

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaelicmaol all →

Malcolmmull

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