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strachan

/stɹɔn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
stra-chan
IPA
/stɹɔn/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”) + eachan (“foal”). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), a personal name from sruith (“sage elder”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: srath, Ó Sruitheáin

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /stɹɔn/
  • British English: /stɹɔːn/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Strachans (plural) Strahan (alternative)

Rhymes With

vachon patchen on gone drawn sean dawn new dawn lawn withdrawn shawn shaun

Questions

How do you pronounce strachan?
The recorded pronunciation is /stɹɔn/.
What does strachan mean?
A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).
Where does strachan come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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