Meanings
- A former local government region in the west of Scotland, created in 1975, abolished in 1996.
Subsequent to the re-organisation of Scottish local government in 1973, West Central Scotland effectively became the urbanised industrial heartland of Strathclyde Region which focused upon the area previously known as the Clydeside...
1986, Chiranji Singh Yadav, Urban Planning and Policies, Concept Publishing Company, page 3911 more example
It remains a key part of the busy Strathclyde railway system, with its high-level platforms served by trains to Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and England, and its low-level platforms a key artery at the heart of the busiest commuter network outside London.
2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Glasgow Central - Network Rail”, in RAIL, number 940, page 47 - The Kingdom of Strathclyde, a former kingdom (AD 450–1093) spanning southern Scotland and northern England.
The Scots then had to deal with the Britons of Strathclyde, the British kingdom in southwest Scotland that at its height included Cumbria down to the Welsh border. The Britons shared power with the Scots and Picts in the early medieval period...
2003, Krishan Kumar, The Making of English National Identity, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN - Strathclyde University
Strathclyde University was the first in Britain to offer a full range of degrees—undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral—in the subject of Marketing...
2015, Alison Baverstock, How to Market Books, Routledge, →ISBN
Origin
- Cumbric*strat“river-valley”
- Scottish GaelicSrath Chluaidh
- EnglishStrathclyde
An adaptation of Scottish Gaelic Srath Chluaidh, from Cumbric *strat (“river-valley”) + *Clud (“Clyde (river)”).
More words from Scottish Gaelic, Cumbric
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Norwegian Bokmål Strathclyde, Kongedømmet Strathclyde
- Strathclydeformer local government region in the west of Scotland
- Kongedømmet StrathclydeKingdom of Strathclyde (AD 450–1093)
Scottish Gaelic Srath Chluaidh
- Srath Chluaidhformer local government region in the west of Scotland
Welsh Ystrad Clud
- Ystrad Cludformer local government region in the west of Scotland
Cite this entry
Strathclyde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strathclyde
“Strathclyde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strathclyde. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Strathclyde,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strathclyde.
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