Cluny

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proper noun

A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

OriginLatin Cluniacum →
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Meanings

Cluny1

proper noun
  1. A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

Cluny2

proper noun
  1. A parish south of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, the location of Cluny Castle (OS grid ref NJ6812).
  2. A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, north-west of Kirkcaldy (OS grid ref NT2495).
  3. A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the parish of Cluny in Scotland.

Origin

Cluny · proper noun

  1. LatinCluniacum
  2. EnglishCluny

From Latin Cluniacum, from Clunius.

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Cluny · proper noun

From Scottish Gaelic, from cluain (“meadow”).

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APA

Cluny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cluny

MLA

“Cluny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cluny. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cluny,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cluny.

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