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kirkintilloch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
kirk-in-til-loch
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6573).

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Cair Cheann Tulaich, in turn probably derived from a Cumbric name with the elements equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort”) + pen (“head, summit”) + tal (“brow”) + the suffix -og. The initial element was replaced by Scots kirk (“church”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does kirkintilloch mean?
A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6573).
Where does kirkintilloch come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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