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clackmannan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
clack-man-nan
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire until 1822 (OS grid ref NS9192).

name

A local government district of the Central Region, Scotland, created in 1975 when the county of Clackmannanshire was abolished, and renamed Clackmannanshire again in 1996 when it became a council area.

Etymology

Derived from Scottish Gaelic siorrachd chlach Mhannainn (“county with the stone of Manau”). For the second element see cloch (“stone”). The last element is from Celtic, but of unknown meaning; see Manau.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: siorrachd, -

Derived Forms

Clackmannanshire

Questions

What does clackmannan mean?
A town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire until 1822 (OS grid ref NS9192).
Where does clackmannan come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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