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Lallans

[ lal-uhnz ]

plural noun

  1. the Lowlands of Scotland.
  2. the inhabitants of the Scottish Lowlands.
  3. (used with a singular verb) the literary form of the English dialect of the Scottish Lowlands, representing a mixture of the several spoken subdialects.


Lallans

/ ˈlælənz; ˈlælən /

noun

  1. a literary version of the variety of English spoken and written in the Lowlands of Scotland
  2. modifier of or relating to the Lowlands of Scotland or their dialects


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lallans1

Scottish variant of Lowlands

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