North Esk

proper noun

A river in Angus council area and Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river in Angus council area and Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.

    The sight of them [the Grampians] as we crossed the viaduct over the North Esk I am not likely to forget. After a night of snow, they hung wraith-like across the sky, exquisitely beautiful in the greyness of winter dawn.

    1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8
  2. A river in Midlothian council area, Scotland, a branch of the River Esk, East Lothian.
  3. A river in northern Tasmania, Australia, which joins the Tamar.

Origin

See Esk.

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APA

North Esk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/North%20Esk

MLA

“North Esk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/North%20Esk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “North Esk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/North%20Esk.

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