Blantyre

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proper noun

A town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857).

OriginScottish Gaelic Blantaidhr →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857).
  2. A city in Blantyre district, Southern Region, Malawi.
  3. A district of the Southern Region, Malawi; in full, Blantyre District.
  4. A rural locality in Scenic Rim Region, south-east Queensland, Australia.

Origin

  1. Scottish GaelicBlantaidhr
  2. EnglishBlantyre

From Scottish Gaelic Blantaidhr, from Cumbric *blain (“summit, end”) + *tir (“land”), comparable to Welsh blaen + tir.

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Cite this entry
APA

Blantyre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blantyre

MLA

“Blantyre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blantyre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blantyre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blantyre.

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