crantara

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noun

A fiery cross used as a rallying cry in the Scottish Highlands.

OriginScottish Gaelic crann-tara →
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Meanings

nouncrantara (plural crantaras)

plural crantaras

  1. historicalA fiery cross used as a rallying cry in the Scottish Highlands.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaeliccrann-tara
  2. Englishcrantara

From Scottish Gaelic crann-tara.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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