Niddrie

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proper noun

A suburb in eastern Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3071).

OriginMiddle Scots Nuddrie ← Early Scots Nudre ← Proto-Celtic *nowiyos →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A suburb in eastern Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3071).
  2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  3. An unincorporated place in the Unorganized Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*nowiyos
  2. Early ScotsNudre
  3. Middle ScotsNuddrie
  4. EnglishNiddrie

Borrowed from Middle Scots Nuddrie, Nydrie, from Early Scots Nudre, from earlier Nodref, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *nöwɨð (“new”) + *treβ (“farm”), from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos + *trebā.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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