Grampians

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proper noun

The Grampian Mountains, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands.

OriginLatin Graupius ← Proto-Brythonic *krib ← Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā →
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Meanings

proper nounGrampians pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe Grampian Mountains, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands.
  2. pluralplural onlyA region in western Victoria, Australia.
  3. pluralplural onlyA locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia.

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*krīkʷā“trench, furrow, boundary”
  2. Proto-Brythonic*krib
  3. LatinGraupius
  4. EnglishGrampians

Antiquarian revival of Latin Graupius, with the modern spelling resulting from a 15th-century mapmaker's misprinting of u as m. Unknown exact etymology. Breeze (2002) argues that this represents a corrupt form of Proto-Brythonic *krib, from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“trench, furrow, boundary”).

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