Creggans

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proper noun

A hamlet on Loch Fyne, north of Strachur, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0802).

OriginScottish Gaelic creagan →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A hamlet on Loch Fyne, north of Strachur, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0802).

    Long before the pier was built, Creggans (from the Gaelic creagan, meaning 'rock' or 'crag'), as this part of Strachur has always been known, was a regular landing place for boats, and it is here that Mary, Queen of Scots landed when she came to Strachur more than four-hundred years ago.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 277

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaeliccreagan
  2. EnglishCreggans

From Scottish Gaelic creagan.

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

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Chicago

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