clachan
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of clachan
1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) < Scots Gaelic, equivalent to clach stone + -an diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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As well as a clan banquet, the event included a visit to Hanna's Close, a clachan of traditional houses, which has been in place in Aughnahoory just outside Kilkeel since the 1640s.
From BBC
Alan Cameron was travelling in a black Renault Clio at about 21:00 on Sunday when the crash happened between Ardgenavan and Clachan.
From BBC
Police Scotland said the accident, which involved a black Renault Clio, happened at about 21:00 on Sunday between Ardgenavan and Clachan.
From BBC
A video screen above Lizzie Clachan’s realistic set reveals live shots of the singers, sometimes close-ups of them onstage, sometimes in rooms or places not seen onstage.
From Los Angeles Times
Stone favors near-constant motion onstage, and for this “Lucia,” Lizzie Clachan has designed a perpetually rotating and transforming little town, its structures collapsed into and overlapping one another, like a Cubist sculpture.
From New York Times
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