clachan
[klah-khuh n, kla-]
- a small village or hamlet.
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Origin of clachan
1375–1425; late Middle English (Scots) < Scots Gaelic, equivalent to clach stone + -an diminutive suffix
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Historical Examples of clachan
The “Clachan” is now all spick and span; but its surroundings are the same.
Night lay passively upon the sea, upon the isle, upon the clachan.
Pharais and The Mountain LoversFiona Macleod
Hewson is still in the clachan hard by when he urges his friend to come to him: and he comes.
The GermVarious
These important news were soon diffused through the clachan.
The Ayrshire LegateesJohn Galt
On November 14 some of them mishandled an old man in the clachan of Dalry, on the Ken.
A Short History of ScotlandAndrew Lang
clachan
- Scot and Irish dialect a small village; hamlet
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Word Origin for clachan
C15: from Scottish Gaelic: probably from clach stone
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Word Origin and History for clachan
"small village" (Scottish and Irish), early 15c., from Gaelic clach (plural clachan) "stone."
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