ᚒᚓᚏᚈᚒᚏᚔᚑ

From Proto-Celtic *wertyā (“mound”). Cognate to Middle Welsh gwerthyr, "fortress".

A kingdom in Scotland situated around Moray and Easter Ross, which existed from the 4th to 10th centuries.


Stow

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4544).


Kirkcudbrightshire

A historical county, registration county, and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of southwestern Scotland.


Wigtownshire

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

A historical county, registration county, and lieutenancy area in southwest Scotland, part of Dumfries and Galloway since 1975. The former county town was Wigtown.


Marr

* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar).
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”).
* As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬／马 (mǎ), see Ma.

A committee area in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.


Gladsmuir

A village and parish of East Lothian council area, Scotland.


グラスゴー

Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

ja:グラスゴー (曖昧さ回避)


Dailly

A village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2701).


Comrie

en-proper noun

Comrie (countable and uncountable, plural Comries)

From Scottish Gaelic comar (“confluence”) + the locative suffix -ach.

A village near Oakley, Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0289).

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A village in Strathearn, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7722).


Toft

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English

A hamlet and ferry port (Booth of Toft) on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4376).


Haymarket

Any of various placenames, particularly a street in the City of Westminster, London, and the Theatre Royal Haymarket in that street.

An inner city area of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2473).


Buchan

An administrative district in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.


King Edward

A hamlet in north Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7157).


Mainland

en:Mainland (disambiguation)
en:Mainland, Orkney
en:Mainland, Shetland

The largest island in the Orkney Islands council area, to the north of Scotland.

The largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, to the north of both Orkney and Scotland.


Wemyss

Wemyss (countable and uncountable, plural Wemysses)

From Scottish Gaelic uaimh (“cave”) + -es (“place of”).

af

A parish in Fife council area, Scotland.


Esk

Possibly derived from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate to the river names Axe, Exe, and Usk.

A river in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, which crosses the border into Cumbria, England, before flowing into Solway Firth.

A river mostly in East Lothian council area, Scotland, its branches North Esk and South Esk are in Midlothian.


Edinburgas

Edinburgas (nominative)
Edinburgo (genitive)
Edinburgui (dative)
Edinburgą (accusative)
Edinburgu (instrumental)
Edinburge (locative)
Edinburge (vocative)

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh#English

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


Edinburga

Edinburga (nominative singular)
Edinburgu (accusative singular)
Edinburgas (genitive singular)
Edinburgai (dative singular)
Edinburgu (instrumental singular)
Edinburgā (locative singular)
Edinburga (singular vocative)


Highbridge

A hamlet near Spean Bridge, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN1982).


Solway Firth

An arm of the Irish Sea, which forms part of the border between England and Scotland.


Eccles

From Middle English Eccles, from Old English *Eccles, borrowed from pre-Proto-Brythonic *eglēs (“church”), whence Proto-Brythonic *egluɨs. The sound change *ē > *uɨ is regular in Proto-Brythonic, but had evidently not yet occurred when place-name instances of *eglēs in the north were being borrowed into Old English; Jackson (1953) dates this change to the late 7th century. *g > *k is regular assuming borrowing into Old English, which did not have intervocalic /g/ except after a nasal. A number of toponyms in northern Britain are composed of Eccles plus a term of English origin, e.g. Eccleston (+ -ton), Eccleshill (+ hill). Doublet of ecclesia.

A village north-east of Kelso, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7641).


Kingswood

en-proper noun

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

A small settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0638).


Yarrow

* The river is believed to be of Celtic/Brythonic origin and related to Welsh garw (“rough”).
* English and Scottish surname derived from the river, though likely influenced by the noun yarrow.

A river, named Yarrow Water, in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.

A hamlet and parish in the Yarrow Valley, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT3527).


Renfrewshire

/ˈɹɛnfɹuːʃɪəɹ/

/ˈɹɛnfɹuːʃəɹ/

A historical county of Scotland, merged into Strathclyde region in 1975.

A council area of Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde region in part of the area of the historic county.


Orton

A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ3152).


Ashfield

A hamlet in Stirling council area, Scotland.


Lauderdale

A valley in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.


Lauder

A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5347).


Melrose

Melrose (countable and uncountable, plural Melroses)

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5434).


Busby

Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)

From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).

East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire#English

A suburban village in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5756).


Westfield

Westfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westfields)

From Old English west (“west”) + feld (“field”). Doublet of Westerveld.
The former village in New Brunswick may be named after Westfield, Massachusetts. The civil parish is named after the village.

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

An area in the town of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.

A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland.

A small village in Torphichen parish, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9372).


Templeton

A rural area in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3535).

A hamlet near Gatehead, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3934).


Roxburghshire

A historical county of Scotland abolished in 1975, and now a part of the Scottish Borders council area.


Peebles

* The town in Scotland is from Scots Peebles, from Scottish Gaelic Na Pùballan, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *pėbɨll (“tent, temporary settlement”), from Vulgar Latin păpiliō, from Latin pāpiliō.
* The surname is Scottish and derived from the town.

der

A town (royal burgh) in Tweeddale, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT2540).


Roxburgh

en-proper noun

Roxburgh (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburghs)

From the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook, kind of crow”), + -s- + burg (“fortified place”).

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7030).


Charing Cross

/ˌtʃæɹɪŋ ˈkɹɒs/

A neighbourhood, major road junction and railway station in central Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5866).


Whitehill

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A southern suburb of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK1144).

A village east of Dalkeith, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3566).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A northern suburb of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7056).


Gretna

A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, to the south of the more famous village of Gretna Green.


Stenhouse

Stenhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stenhouses)

A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.


Woodside

Woodside (countable and uncountable, plural Woodsides)

A number of places in the United Kingdom, including:

A village next to Burrelton, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2037).


安格斯

/ˀän⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/ɔːn⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ siː⁵⁵/

/aŋ³³⁻²³ keʔ²⁻⁴ su³³/

/ˀän⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/ɔːn⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ siː⁵⁵/

/aŋ³³⁻²³ keʔ²⁻⁴ su³³/


格拉斯哥

/kɤ³⁵ lä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/kaːk̚³ laːi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

/kɤ³⁵ lä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/kaːk̚³ laːi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)


阿伯丁

/ˀä⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/

/aː³³ paːk̚³ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

/ˀä⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/

/aː³³ paːk̚³ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

(Mainland China) Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)


鴨巴甸

/jä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/

/aːp̚³ paː⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵/

/jä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/

/aːp̚³ paː⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵/

(chiefly Cantonese) Transliteration of Aberdeen:

(Hong Kong, Macau) Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)

Transliteration of Aberdeen:
Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)


Bowling

Bowling (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlings)

Bowling (disambiguation)#Places
Bowling (surname)

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A village on the Clyde in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4473).


Coulter

Coulter (countable and uncountable, plural Coulters)

→ Translingual: coulteri

A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0233).


Kilpatrick

Kilpatrick (countable and uncountable, plural Kilpatricks)

A small settlement on the Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR9027).


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).


Geary

en-proper noun

Geary (countable and uncountable, plural Gearys)

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”)
* As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”)
* As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

A crofting community in the north of the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG2661).


Dunning

Dunning (countable and uncountable, plural Dunnings)

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0214).


Whiteside

Whiteside (countable and uncountable, plural Whitesides)

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + sīde (“side; slope of a hill”).

A village near Bathgate, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS967966).


Ralston

Ralston (countable and uncountable, plural Ralstons)

From the Old English personal name Rǣdwulf (“Ralph”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A suburb of Paisley, Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS510246).


Hoy

Hoy (countable and uncountable, plural Hoys)

(Orkney, Shetland) From Old Norse há (“high”) + ey (“island”).

An island in south-west Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid refs HY20, ND29).

A small uninhabited island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3744).


Moy

Moy (countable and uncountable, plural Moys)

A small village beside Loch Moy in the Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7634).

A hamlet beside the Loch Laggan Reservoir in the Highland council area (OS grid ref NN4282).


Barnhill

Barnhill (countable and uncountable, plural Barnhills)

From Old English bearn (“barn”) + hyll (“hill”).

A suburb of Broughty Ferry, Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4831).


Newlands

A suburb in south Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5760).

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref (approx) NT1646).


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A small town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY8795).

A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6699).


Porterfield

Porterfield (countable and uncountable, plural Porterfields)

From porter + field, a Scottish topographic surname from the hereditary lands owned by a porter.

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Po-Poz#Por-Poz

A suburb of Renfrew, Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4966).


Hailes

A small neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2169)


Newhouse

Newhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Newhouses)

* From new + house.
* Calque of German Neuhaus. Derived from Neuhaus (cf. Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.), anglicization of German Neuhaus. From neu+Haus.
Cognate with, Catalan Casanova, French Maisonneuve, German Neuhaus, Italian Casanova, Occitan Casanova.

A hamlet in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS7961).


Whitehouse

Whitehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehouses)

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A locality east of Alford, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ6114).

A hamlet on the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR8161).


Parton

Parton (countable and uncountable, plural Partons)

From Old English pere (“pear”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A hamlet in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX6970).


Markle

Markle (countable and uncountable, plural Markles)

A hamlet in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5777).


Dull

Possibly from Pictish [Term?], cognate with Proto-Brythonic *dol (“meadow”).

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland.


Kells

A parish at New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.


Cathcart

Cathcart (countable and uncountable, plural Cathcarts)

From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”) + the name of the River Cart.

A southern suburb of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5860).


Blackford

Blackford (countable and uncountable, plural Blackfords)

A suburb in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2570).

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8909).


Drum

Drum (countable and uncountable, plural Drums)

* As an Irish surname, from Droma, a personal name from druim (“ridge”)
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from druim (“ridge”)
* As a German surname, from Middle High German trum and Middle Low German drum (“woodblock”), both probably from Proto-Germanic *trumaz.

Drum (disambiguation)#Places
Drum (surname)

A settlement (Mains of Drum) in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, near Drum Castle (OS grid ref NO8099).


Colston

Colston (countable and uncountable, plural Colstons)

From the Old Norse personal name Kolr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A northern suburb of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6069).


Strachan

en-proper noun

Strachan (countable and uncountable, plural Strachans)

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”).

der

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


Dunlop

en-proper noun

Dunlop (countable and uncountable, plural Dunlops)

A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4149).


Killen

Killen (countable and uncountable, plural Killens)

From the Irish surname, from Coilín. See Colin.

A hamlet in the Black Isle, north-west of Fortrose, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6758).


Gorton

Gorton (countable and uncountable, plural Gortons)

What is probably the only school of its kind in existence in the British Isles is to be found at Gorton in the heart of Rannoch Moor among some of the wildest scenery in the West Highlands. [...] Consequently, the Education Authority of Argyllshire, in which Gorton is situated, approached the railway company for permission to erect a temporary school on the platform at Gorton, and asked whether it would be possible for the company to provide a carriage body for this purpose.

1941 May, “Notes and News: School on a Railway Platform”, in Railway Magazine, page 233:

A remote location on the West Highland Line and Rannoch Moor in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, which had a school for children of railway employees at one time (OS grid ref NN3947).


Croy

Croy (countable and uncountable, plural Croys)

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7949).

A village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7275).


Westerfield

Westerfield (countable and uncountable, plural Westerfields)

A coastal community on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.


Hirst

Hirst (countable and uncountable, plural Hirsts)

A hamlet in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8663).


Loudoun

A parish of East Ayrshire council area, Scotland. It was also included in the name of Kilmarnock and Loudoun District, but this was merged into East Ayrshire in 1996.


Bankhead

Bankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

A village in Aberdeen council area, south of Dyce (OS grid ref NJ8910).

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ6608).

A western neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area (OS grid ref NT1971).

A suburban area south of Denny, Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8080).

A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6161).


Mount Vernon

A residential area in Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6562).


Brough

Brough (countable and uncountable, plural Broughs)

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.

A small village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2273).

A settlement on Whalsay, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU5564).

A settlement next to Burravoe, Yell, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU5179).


Govan

Govan (countable and uncountable, plural Govans)

An urban area in Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland, on the south bank of the River Clyde (OS grid ref NS5565).


Moffat

Moffat (countable and uncountable, plural Moffats)

From Scottish Gaelic magh (“field, plain”) + fada (“long”).

A town and former burgh in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT085052).


Rothes

A small town in Moray council area, in northeastern Scotland (OS grid ref NJ2749).


Rigg

Rigg (countable and uncountable, plural Riggs)

A small settlement in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY2966).


Newbridge

A village north-west of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9579).

A village in the west of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1272).


Tweed

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

en:River Tweed
en:Tweed (disambiguation)

A river in the United Kingdom; a river in the Scottish Borders area which for part of its length forms the border between Scotland and England. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, England.

A municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.

An unincorporated community in Laurens County, Georgia, United States.

Tweed Shire, a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, named after the Tweed River.

A river in this region of New South Wales.


Carberry

Carberry (countable and uncountable, plural Carberrys)

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).

der

A coastal village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).


Fordyce

en-proper noun

Fordyce (countable and uncountable, plural Fordyces)

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland


Woodburn

Woodburn (countable and uncountable, plural Woodburns)

A neighbourhood of Dalkeith, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3467).


Lumsden

Lumsden (countable and uncountable, plural Lumsdens)

The town in Newfoundland is named after Methodist minister James Lumsden (1854 - 1915).

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4722).


Silverton

A large housing estate in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4075).


Calton

Calton (countable and uncountable, plural Caltons)

A neighbourhood close to Calton Hill in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2674).


Torrance

Torrance (countable and uncountable, plural Torrances)

East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire#English

A village in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6174).


Bothwell

Bothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bothwells)

From Middle English bothe (“booth”) + welle (“well, spring”).

A large village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7058).


West Dunbartonshire

A council area of Scotland, one of 32, formed in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde Region. Its headquarters are in Dumbarton.


Dunbartonshire

A former county of Scotland, which was abolished in 1975, being merged into Strathclyde Region.


Dumbarton

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Breatann (“fort of the Britons”).

der

A town in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland.


Carron

en-proper noun

Carron (countable and uncountable, plural Carrons)

A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8882).

A river in Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Carron.

A river in Sutherland, Highland council area, which flows into the Kyle of Sutherland.


Cleghorn

Cleghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Cleghorns)

Habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8946).


Alloway

Alloway (countable and uncountable, plural Alloways)

A village and suburb of Ayr, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3318).


Kettle

The Scottish place-name was historically Cattell (1160). Probably from Scottish Gaelic cat (“cat”) or Pictish cat (“cat”) with a locational suffix.

A village in Fife council area, near Cupar in Scotland.


Tulloch

Tulloch (countable and uncountable, plural Tullochs)

From Scots, from a Scottish Gaelic word for "hillock" akin to Irish tulach, also found in the first element of French Toulon.

A small settlement in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN3280), and a separate railway station (grid ref NN3580).

A suburb of Perth in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0925).


Kelty

Kelty (countable and uncountable, plural Keltys)

A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1494).


Hillhouse

Hillhouse (countable and uncountable, plural Hillhouses)

From Old English hyll (“hill”) + hūs (“house”).

A suburb of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6955).


Greenhill

Greenhill (countable and uncountable, plural Greenhills)

A hamlet south-west of Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway council area (OS grid ref NY1079).

An area in Edinburgh (OS grid ref NT2471).

A village in Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8278).

A suburb of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS7366).


Greenlaw

Greenlaw (countable and uncountable, plural Greenlaws)

From Old English grēne (“green”) + hlǣw (“mountain, mound, hill”).

A town and civil parish in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT710460).


Largo

Largo (countable and uncountable, plural Largos)

A parish on the south coast of Fife council area, Scotland, which includes the villages of Lower Largo and Upper Largo.


Netherton

Netherton (countable and uncountable, plural Nethertons)

"The lower settlement", from Old English niþera (“lower”) + tūn (“settlement”).

A suburb of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5499).

A suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7854).

A suburb of Strathblane, Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5579).


Calderwood

Calderwood (countable and uncountable, plural Calderwoods)

From the river name Calder + Old English wudu (“wood”).

A suburban area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NS643375).


Muck

From Scottish Gaelic muc (“pig”), recorded 1370 as Helantmok (Isle of pigs).

A small island in the Small Isles, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM4179).


Dysart

Dysart (countable and uncountable, plural Dysarts)

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic dìseart (“hermit's cell, hermitage”), itself from Latin desertum (“desert, waste, solitary spot”).

der

A suburban area and former town and royal burgh (with a small harbour) in Fife council area, Scotland, which was merged with Kirkcaldy in 1930 (OS grid ref NT3093).


Newburn

en-proper noun

Newburn (countable and uncountable, plural Newburns)

The Fife place-name was historically Nithbren (1150). Possibly from Pictish, perhaps from *Nith, an ethonym, with a cognate of Welsh bryn (“hill”) or Welsh pren (“tree”).


Caithness

A historical county in the far north of Scotland, which was abolished and merged into Highland Region in 1975, which became the Highland council area in 1996.


Ross and Cromarty

A historical county of Scotland which existed between 1890 and 1975, being split between Highland region and Western Isles (the Isle of Lewis).


Cromarty

Cromarty (countable and uncountable, plural Cromartys)

From Scottish Gaelic crom (“crooked, bent”) + àrd (“height”) or bati (“bay”).

A small coastal town in the Highland council area, northern Scotland (OS grid ref NH7867).


Nairnshire

A historical county in northeastern Scotland, which was absorbed into Highland Region in 1975.


Morayshire

a synonym of Moray, a historical county of Scotland.


Nairn

A town in Highland council area, in northern Scotland (OS grid ref NH8856).

A historical county of Scotland absorbed into Highland Region in 1975. Also known as Nairnshire.

The River Nairn, a river in Highland council area, which flows into the Moray Firth at the town of Nairn.


Kinross-shire

A small historical county in central Scotland, joined with Perthshire for administration after 1929. Its county town is Kinross.


Perth and Kinross

A council area of Scotland, and a former administrative county of Scotland created from the administrative counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire in 1929. Between 1974 and 1996, it was a local government district of the Tayside Region.


Banffshire

A historical county in northeastern Scotland, which was absorbed into Grampian Region in 1975. Its county town was Banff.


Kinross

A town or burgh in Perth and Kinross council area, in central Scotland, and the county town of Kinross-shire.


Peeblesshire

A historical county of Scotland which was abolished in 1975, being replaced by Tweeddale district in the Scottish Borders region. The county town was Peebles.


Tweeddale

Tweeddale (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeddales)

A local government district of Scottish Borders, Scotland, which replaced Peeblesshire in 1975, and was abolished in 1996 when Scottish Borders became a unitary authority.


Ettrick and Lauderdale

Scottish Borders Region
Scottish Borders Region#English

A local government district of the Scottish Borders Region, Scotland, formed in 1975 from Selkirkshire and parts of Berwickshire, Midlothian and Roxburghshire. It was abolished in 1996 when Scottish Borders became a unitary authority.


Ettrick Water

A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, which flows into the River Tweed between Selkirk and Galashiels.


Dumfriesshire

A historical county of Scotland which was abolished in 1975 and absorbed into Dumfries and Galloway Region. Its county town was Dumfries.


Ettrick

A small village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, 17 miles south-west of Selkirk (OS grid ref NT2714).


Selkirkshire

Ettrick and Lauderdale
Ettrick and Lauderdale#English

(historical) A historical county of Scotland, with its county town in Selkirk. It was abolished in 1975, becoming part of Ettrick and Lauderdale district in the Scottish Borders region.


Kincardineshire

From Kincardine + -shire, after a town that ceased to exist in the Middle Ages (not from other places named Kincardine).

Kincardine and Deeside
Kincardine and Deeside#English

A historical county of Scotland abolished in 1975, the county town was Stonehaven. Most of the county was taken into Kincardine and Deeside district in Grampian Region.


Kincardine

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Chàrdainn, possibly adapted from an earlier Pictish *Pencarden, equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

A town on the River Forth in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9387).

A hamlet near Ardgay, Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6089).


Banchory

A town on Deeside, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6995).


Stonehaven

A coastal town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland. It was the county town of Kincardineshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NO8786).


Alloa

A town which is the administrative centre of Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, and the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire between 1822 and 1975 (OS grid ref NS8893).


Clackmannan

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.

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

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.


Cowdenbeath

Borrowed from Scots Coudenbeith, from Cowden + Scottish Gaelic beith (birch).

A town and burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1691).


Rosyth

From Scottish Gaelic Ros Fhìobh ("headland of Fife", the name is much older than the town).

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A town on the Firth of Forth in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1183).


Glenrothes

/ɡlɛnˈɹɒθɪs/

From glen (“valley”) + Rothes (“after the Earl of Rothes”). It was originally named Rothes, but renamed to avoid confusion with Rothes in Moray.

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A town in Fife council area, Scotland, and the administrative centre of Fife (OS grid ref NO2701).


Dunfermline

From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phàrlain, the first element being from dùn (“fortification”), and the rest of uncertain origin, possibly from an alteration of the river Lyne Burn, from linne (“waterfall, pool”) + bùrn (“water”).

A city and former royal burgh of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0987); The former capital of Scotland.


Kirkcaldy

From Scottish Gaelic Cair Chaladain (“place of Caled's fort”), from Pictish caer (“fort”) + caled (“hard, harsh, rough”), possibly referring to a tough ruler.

der

A town and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2791)


Leven

A coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3800).

A short river in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which flows from Loch Lomond to the Firth of Clyde.

A river in Perth and Kinross council area and Fife council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Leven to the Firth of Forth at the town of Leven.


Dunblane

A town in Stirling council area, Scotland; historically it was a royal burgh in Perthshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NN7801), infamous for the mass shooting that happened there in 1996.

(by extension) The mass shooting itself.


Methil

A town and port in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3799).


Newport-on-Tay

A small town in Fife council area, Scotland, on the south side of the Firth of Tay opposite the city of Dundee (OS grid ref NO4127).


Forfar

A town in Angus council area, Scotland; it is the administrative centre of Angus, and was the county town of the historic county of Angus (OS grid ref NO4550).


Firth of Tay

The estuary of the River Tay in eastern Scotland, on which the city of Dundee is situated.


Forfarshire

The official name for Angus, a historical county of Scotland, from the 18th century until 1928. The name still survives locally; e.g. Forfarshire Cricket Club.


Arbroath

Historically Aberbrothock. From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Brothock, a river name.

A coastal town and former royal burgh in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6441).


Dunmore

en-proper noun

Dunmore (countable and uncountable, plural Dunmores)

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress, fort, stronghold”) + mòr (“big, large, great”).

der

A village in Airth parish, Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS891893).


Inverclyde

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its administrative centre in Greenock.


Firth of Clyde

A large inlet on the west coast of Scotland, and the estuary of the River Clyde.


Gourock

From Scottish Gaelic Guireag (“pimple”), from Middle Irish guirín (“pustule”), from or related to Old Irish guirid (“to warm, heat”).

A town on the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde council area, Scotland; historically it was a burgh in Renfrewshire (OS grid ref NS2477).


Greenock

A town in Inverclyde council area, on the south side of the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, which is the administrative centre of Inverclyde (OS grid ref NS2776).


Wishaw

A town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, at one time (1920-1975) in the burgh of Motherwell and Wishaw (OS grid ref NS7955).


Lanark

From Cumbric *lanerc (“a glade”), compare Welsh llannerch (“glade, clearing”).

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of Lanarkshire (OS grid ref NS8843).

County of Lanark
County of Lanark#English

(historical) Ellipsis of County of Lanark., synonym of Lanarkshire, a county of Scotland.


Clydebank

A town on the north side of the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4970).


Cumbernauld

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, a new town founded in the 1950s on the site of a village of the same name (OS grid ref NS7674).


Fort William

A town in Highland council area, Scotland.


Prestwick

A coastal town in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, which is probably more famous for its airport (OS grid ref NS3526).


Largs

A town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2059).


Ardrossan

A harbour town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2342).


West Kilbride

A village in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2048).


East Kilbride

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6354).

A local government district of the Strathclyde Region, Scotland, from 1975 to 1996, which was absorbed into South Lanarkshire.


Musselburgh

/ˈmʌsəlbəɹə/

A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland; historically it was in Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3472).


Haddington

A town, the administrative centre of East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5173).

A historical county of Scotland, renamed East Lothian in 1921. Also known as Haddingtonshire.


Dalry

A small town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2949)

An inner city area of Edinburgh, Scotland.


North Berwick

/nɔːθ ˈbɛɹɪk/

A coastal town in East Lothian council area, Scotland, north-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England (OS grid ref NT5585).


Haddingtonshire

A historical county of Scotland, alternatively known as the County of Haddington, which was renamed East Lothian in 1921.


East Lothian

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its administrative centre in Haddington.

A historical county of Scotland, renamed from Haddington and Haddingtonshire in 1921, which became a local government district in Lothian Region from 1975 until 1996.


Fearn

en-proper noun

Fearn (countable and uncountable, plural Fearns)

A hamlet in Ross-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8377).


Kinghorn

Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

A town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).


Awe

Awe (countable and uncountable, plural Awes)

For nearly four miles, between Loch Awe and Taynuilt, the Callander and Oban section of the L.M.S.R. runs through the Pass of Brander, on the lower slopes of Ben Cruachan, beside the swift-flowing River Awe.

1947 May and June, “Notes and News: Derailment in the Pass of Brander, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 181:

The River Awe, a short river between Loch Awe and Loch Etive, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.


Ancrum

Ancrum (countable and uncountable, plural Ancrums)

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6224).


Lyne

Lyne (countable and uncountable, plural Lynes)

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lind and Line; as an Irish surname, spelling variant of Lane.

A small settlement west of Peebles, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2040).


Bowland

Bowland (countable and uncountable, plural Bowlands)

Bowland railway station
w:Bowland railway station

A locality north-west of Galashiels, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4540).


Woodhead

Woodhead (countable and uncountable, plural Woodheads)

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7938).


Lamberton

Lamberton (countable and uncountable, plural Lambertons)

From Old English lamb (“lamb”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders#English

A landed estate in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT967572).


Crookston

Crookston (countable and uncountable, plural Crookstons)

A suburb in Renfrewshire council area and Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5163).


Maryville

A hamlet and major motorway interchange in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.


Farnell

Farnell (countable and uncountable, plural Farnells)

A small village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6255).


Pant

Pant (countable and uncountable, plural Pants)

As a place name, usually from Proto-Brythonic *panto (“hollow”), or its descendant forms Cumbric pant and Welsh pant.


Whitburn

A small town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9464).


West Lothian

A historical county of Scotland (also previously known as Linlithgowshire or the County of Linlithgow) which was abolished in 1975, then becoming a district in Lothian Region.

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996 on the abolition of Lothian Region and other regions.


Linlithgow

/lɪnˈlɪθɡoʊ/

From Cumbric *linn (“lake”) + *leith (“damp”) + *cou (“hollow”) meaning 'lake in the damp hollow'. Compare Welsh llyn (“lake”)

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A town and royal burgh in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0077). It was formerly the county town of the historic county of West Lothian.

A former name for the county of West Lothian, a historical county of Scotland; alternatively known as Linlithgowshire.


Lugar

en-proper noun

Lugar (countable and uncountable, plural Lugars)

A small village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland, north-east of Cumnock (OS grid ref NS5921).


Symington

Symington (countable and uncountable, plural Symingtons)

From the personal name Simon + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlment, town”).

der

A village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3831).

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9935).


Glassford

en-proper noun

Glassford (countable and uncountable, plural Glassfords)

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7247).


Tarbet

Tarbet (countable and uncountable, plural Tarbets)

In Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic An Tairbeart (place of portage, isthmus).

A village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3104).

A settlement on Loch Leven, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM7992).

A hamlet in Sutherland, Highland council area (OS grid ref NC1648).


Shotts

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8760).


Cambuslang

A suburban town on the outskirts of Glasgow in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland.


South Lanarkshire

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 formed in 1996, which includes part of the historic county of Lanarkshire. Its headquarters are in Hamilton.


Flemington

A suburban area in the town of Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6559).


Stonehouse

Stonehouse (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehouses)

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7546).


Yell

The name of the Shetland Island is from Pictish, cognate with Welsh iâl (“pastureland”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *yalom (“clearing”).

The second-largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.


Biggar

Biggar (countable and uncountable, plural Biggars)

Probably from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + geiri (“gore, triangular plot of land”).

A town and civil parish of South Lanarkshire council area, Lanarkshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NT045375).


Hermitage

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY5095).


Crail

Crail (countable and uncountable, plural Crails)

A small coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6107).


Nithsdale

Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway#English

The valley of the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.


Bodotria

la-proper noun

Bodotria f sg (genitive Bodotriae); first declension

Bodotriae (genitive)
Bodotria (nominative singular)
Bodotriae (genitive singular)
Bodotriae (dative singular)
Bodotriam (accusative singular)
Bodotriā (ablative singular)
Bodotria (singular vocative)

the Firth of Forth (an estuary in Scotland)


Buteshire

Synonym of Bute, a historical county of Scotland.


ग्लासगो

hi-proper noun

ग्लासगो • (glāsgo) ? (Urdu spelling گلاسگو)

Borrowed from English Glasgow, from Proto-Brythonic *glas cu (“green hollow”).

der

Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)


पर्थ

parth (romanization)
پرتھ (Urdu)
पर्थ (direct singular)
पर्थ (oblique singular)
पर्थ (singular vocative)

Borrowed from English Perth, from Scottish Gaelic frìth (“forest, copse”).


Aan

Avon (a river in the Highlands of Scotland; a tributary of the River Spey)


कैलगरी

hi-proper noun

कैलगरी • (kailgarī) ? (Urdu spelling کیلگری)

Borrowed from English Calgary, from Scottish Gaelic cala ghearraidh.

Calgary (a village on the island of Mull, Scotland)


Unthank

A hamlet north of Brechin, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6061).


Fogo

A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.


Conon

A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Cromarty Firth.


Luib

A hamlet on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG5627).

A locality in Glen Dochart, Stirling council area, Scotland, the site of a closed railway station; the Luib Hotel still exists (in 2020) (OS grid ref NN4927).


Hebridit

Hebridit (nominative plural)
Hebridit (accusative nominative plural)
Hebridit (accusative genitive plural)
Hebridien (genitive plural)
Hebridejä (partitive plural)
Hebrideissä (inessive plural)
Hebrideistä (elative plural)
Hebrideihin (illative plural)
Hebrideillä (adessive plural)
Hebrideiltä (ablative plural)
Hebrideille (allative plural)
Hebrideinä (essive plural)
Hebrideiksi (plural translative)
Hebrideittä (abessive plural)
Hebridein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Hebridini (nominative plural)
Hebridini (accusative nominative plural)
Hebridini (accusative genitive plural)
Hebridieni (genitive plural)
Hebridejäni (partitive plural)
Hebrideissäni (inessive plural)
Hebrideistäni (elative plural)
Hebrideihini (illative plural)
Hebrideilläni (adessive plural)
Hebrideiltäni (ablative plural)
Hebrideilleni (allative plural)
Hebrideinäni (essive plural)
Hebrideikseni (plural translative)
Hebrideittäni (abessive plural)
Hebrideineni (comitative plural)
Hebridisi (nominative plural)
Hebridisi (accusative nominative plural)
Hebridisi (accusative genitive plural)
Hebridiesi (genitive plural)
Hebridejäsi (partitive plural)
Hebrideissäsi (inessive plural)
Hebrideistäsi (elative plural)
Hebrideihisi (illative plural)
Hebrideilläsi (adessive plural)
Hebrideiltäsi (ablative plural)
Hebrideillesi (allative plural)
Hebrideinäsi (essive plural)
Hebrideiksesi (plural translative)
Hebrideittäsi (abessive plural)
Hebrideinesi (comitative plural)
Hebridimme (nominative plural)
Hebridimme (accusative nominative plural)
Hebridimme (accusative genitive plural)
Hebridiemme (genitive plural)
Hebridejämme (partitive plural)
Hebrideissämme (inessive plural)
Hebrideistämme (elative plural)
Hebrideihimme (illative plural)
Hebrideillämme (adessive plural)
Hebrideiltämme (ablative plural)
Hebrideillemme (allative plural)
Hebrideinämme (essive plural)
Hebrideiksemme (plural translative)
Hebrideittämme (abessive plural)
Hebrideinemme (comitative plural)
Hebridinne (nominative plural)
Hebridinne (accusative nominative plural)
Hebridinne (accusative genitive plural)
Hebridienne (genitive plural)
Hebridejänne (partitive plural)
Hebrideissänne (inessive plural)
Hebrideistänne (elative plural)
Hebrideihinne (illative plural)
Hebrideillänne (adessive plural)
Hebrideiltänne (ablative plural)
Hebrideillenne (allative plural)
Hebrideinänne (essive plural)
Hebrideiksenne (plural translative)
Hebrideittänne (abessive plural)
Hebrideinenne (comitative plural)
Hebridinsä (nominative plural)
Hebridinsä (accusative nominative plural)
Hebridinsä (accusative genitive plural)
Hebridiensä (genitive plural)
Hebridejään (partitive plural)
Hebridejänsä (partitive plural)
Hebrideissään (inessive plural)
Hebrideissänsä (inessive plural)
Hebrideistään (elative plural)
Hebrideistänsä (elative plural)
Hebrideihinsä (illative plural)
Hebrideillään (adessive plural)
Hebrideillänsä (adessive plural)
Hebrideiltään (ablative plural)
Hebrideiltänsä (ablative plural)
Hebrideilleen (allative plural)
Hebrideillensä (allative plural)
Hebrideinään (essive plural)
Hebrideinänsä (essive plural)
Hebrideikseen (plural translative)
Hebrideiksensä (plural translative)
Hebrideittään (abessive plural)
Hebrideittänsä (abessive plural)
Hebrideineen (comitative plural)
Hebrideinensä (comitative plural)


Sisä-Hebridit

Sisä-Hebridit (nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridit (accusative nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridit (accusative genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridien (genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridejä (partitive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideissä (inessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideistä (elative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideihin (illative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillä (adessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiltä (ablative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideille (allative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinä (essive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiksi (plural translative)
Sisä-Hebrideittä (abessive plural)
Sisä-Hebridein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Sisä-Hebridini (nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridini (accusative nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridini (accusative genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridieni (genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridejäni (partitive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideissäni (inessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideistäni (elative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideihini (illative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideilläni (adessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiltäni (ablative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideilleni (allative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinäni (essive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideikseni (plural translative)
Sisä-Hebrideittäni (abessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideineni (comitative plural)
Sisä-Hebridisi (nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridisi (accusative nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridisi (accusative genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridiesi (genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridejäsi (partitive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideissäsi (inessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideistäsi (elative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideihisi (illative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideilläsi (adessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiltäsi (ablative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillesi (allative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinäsi (essive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiksesi (plural translative)
Sisä-Hebrideittäsi (abessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinesi (comitative plural)
Sisä-Hebridimme (nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridimme (accusative nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridimme (accusative genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridiemme (genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridejämme (partitive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideissämme (inessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideistämme (elative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideihimme (illative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillämme (adessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiltämme (ablative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillemme (allative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinämme (essive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiksemme (plural translative)
Sisä-Hebrideittämme (abessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinemme (comitative plural)
Sisä-Hebridinne (nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridinne (accusative nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridinne (accusative genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridienne (genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridejänne (partitive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideissänne (inessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideistänne (elative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideihinne (illative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillänne (adessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiltänne (ablative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillenne (allative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinänne (essive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiksenne (plural translative)
Sisä-Hebrideittänne (abessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinenne (comitative plural)
Sisä-Hebridinsä (nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridinsä (accusative nominative plural)
Sisä-Hebridinsä (accusative genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridiensä (genitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridejään (partitive plural)
Sisä-Hebridejänsä (partitive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideissään (inessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideissänsä (inessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideistään (elative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideistänsä (elative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideihinsä (illative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillään (adessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillänsä (adessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiltään (ablative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideiltänsä (ablative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideilleen (allative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideillensä (allative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinään (essive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinänsä (essive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideikseen (plural translative)
Sisä-Hebrideiksensä (plural translative)
Sisä-Hebrideittään (abessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideittänsä (abessive plural)
Sisä-Hebrideineen (comitative plural)
Sisä-Hebrideinensä (comitative plural)

Inner Hebrides (an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland)


Auchencrow

A village in the Scottish Borders council area.


パース

ja-pos

パース • (Pāsu)


Queen's Park

A park and neighbourhood in south Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5862).


Glencoe

A village in Glen Coe, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0958).


Partick

An inner city area of Glasgow, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde (OS grid ref NS5566).


Fincastle

Most place names appear to come, either directly or indirectly, from the Viscount of Fincastle (Earl of Dunmore).


Ochiltree

A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5021).


East Ayrshire

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its headquarters in Kilmarnock.


Coldstream

A town and civil parish in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, the home of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army.


Wigtown

A town in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.


Barrhead

A town in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5058).


Pinkie

Probably from Cumbric pant (“hollow, depression”) + Cumbric *cin (“wedge, chisel”).

A locality and historical house in Inveresk parish, East Lothian, Scotland.


Ythan

According to Watson (1926), from Pictish, in turn from Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic *Iectona (“the talkative one”), compare Welsh iaith (“language”).

cog

A river in Aberdeenshire council area, north-eastern Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.


Inverkip

A village in Inverclyde council area, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.


Kirkcudbright

A town at the mouth of the River Dee in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, formerly the county town of Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX6850)


Sanquhar

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7809)


Nith

The River Nith, a river in south-west Scotland, mainly in Dumfries and Galloway council area.


Trossachs

An area of wooded glens and braes with quiet lochs, lying to the east of Ben Lomond in the Stirling council area of Scotland.


Quintinshill

A remote location near Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY3269).


Hyndland

A residential area in Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5567)


Garscadden

A suburban area of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5268).


North Lanarkshire

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.


Coatbridge

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7365).


Helensburgh

A town in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2982).


Argyll and Bute

A large council area on the west coast of Scotland.


Balloch

A village at the foot of Loch Lomond in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3982).

A residential area in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7474)

A residential village east of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7347)


Dalmeny

A village in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1477).


Winchburgh

A village in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid area NT0874).


Longannet

The company also plans to build a factory at Longannet (in Fife) to build trains for both this country and abroad.

A place in Fife council area, Scotland, the site of a power station closed in 2016; the site is apparently being redeveloped (OS grid ref NS9585).


Camelon

A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8680).


Kilmacolm

A village in Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3669).


Inverurie

A town and royal burgh in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7721).


Bridge of Weir

A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS3865)


Elderslie

A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4462).


Craigentinny

A north-eastern suburb in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2974).


Grangemouth

A town, oil refinery and port in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9381).


Pitlochry

Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross#English

A town or burgh in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9458).


South Ayrshire

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 formed in 1996; it has its headquarters in the town of Ayr.


Tweedbank

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5134).


Gorebridge

From Gore + bridge, after Gore Water, a minor tributary.

A large village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3461).


Newcraighall

A suburban village on the eastern edge of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3271).


Eskbank

An urban area of Dalkeith, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ST3266).


Brunstane

An outer suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3172).


St Boswells

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5930).


Newtown St Boswells

A village in and the administrative centre of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5731).


Dalkeith

From Cumbric [Term?], equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow”) + Welsh coed (“wood, forest”).

A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3367).


Ladybank

A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3009)


Glenfarg

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1310).


Bridge of Earn

A small town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1318).


Earn

From Scottish Gaelic Èireann, genitive singular of Èirinn (“Ireland”), closely related to the river name Erne.

A river in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which flows into the tidal River Tay.


Invergowrie

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3430).


Aviemore

A town in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8913).


Dalwhinnie

A small village and community council area in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN6384).


Blair Atholl

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8765).


Carrbridge

From Old Norse carr (boggy area) + bridge.

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH9022).


Tomatin

A small village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8028).


Kingussie

A small town in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7500).


Dunkeld

Dunkeld and Birnam
Dunkeld, Queensland
Dunkeld, Victoria

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0242).


Polmont

A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9378).


Birnam

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0341).


Springburn

An inner suburb of the city of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6067).


Carstairs Junction

A village by Carstairs railway station and triangular junction in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9545).


Carstairs

From Cumbric *cair (“fort”) + Cumbric Tarras, a river name.

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9346).


Corrour

An isolated location with a railway station in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN3566).


Bridge of Orchy

A village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN2939).


Spean

A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into the River Lochy.


Spean Bridge

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN2281).


Rannoch

An area mainly in Perth and Kinross council area in the Highlands of Scotland, in which Loch Rannoch and Rannoch Moor are situated.


Tyndrum

A small village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN3330).


Crianlarich

A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN3825).


Orchy

Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *argoɨd (“surrounding forest”).

der

A river in Argyll and Bute council area, in the Highlands of Scotland, which flows from Loch Tulla to Loch Awe.


Braemar

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1591).


Mossend

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7460).


Halfway

An area (Halfwayhouse) in Glasgow, Scotland (given grid ref NS5463, not shown on maps)

A suburb of Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6559).


Leuchars

A small town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4521).


Kintore

A town and former royal burgh in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7916).


Birkhill

A village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3534).


North Ayrshire

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 formed in 1996, with its headquarters in Irvine. It includes the Isle of Arran.


Saltcoats

A coastal town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2441).

A location with a ruined castle near Gullane, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4682).


Polmadie

A mainly industrial area in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5962).


Conon Bridge

A village by the River Conon and its road and rail bridges in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5455).


Kyle of Lochalsh

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG7627).


Cameron Bridge

A small village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3499).


Culross

A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9886).


Low Valleyfield

A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0086).


Guardbridge

A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4519).


Inverkeithing

A harbour town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1383).


Valleyfield

Two villages in Fife council area, Scotland, High Valleyfield and Low Valleyfield.


Dalgety Bay

A town and bay in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1683).


Burntisland

A royal burgh (town) in the Fife council area of Scotland (OS grid ref NT2385).


Cardenden

A town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2295).


Markinch

A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2901).


Aberdour

From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Dour, a river-name.

Aberdour station opened in 1890, welcoming day-trippers and travellers to the picture-postcard seaside village.

2021 November 3, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Boxes with functions across the centuries”, in RAIL, number 943, page 56:

A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1985).


Lochgelly

A town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1893).


Wemyss Bay

A village and bay in Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS1969).


Bathgate

From Cumbric badd + ceto- (boar wood), recorded as Batket c. 1160.

A town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9768).


Whifflet

A suburb of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7364).


Greenfaulds

A suburb of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7573).


Larbert

A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8682).


Altens

A suburb of Aberdeen, Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9502).


Insch

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ6328).


Cove Bay

A suburb in Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref SJ9501).


Fishwick

A settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9151).


Achanalt

A location with a railway station near Loch Achanalt in the Highland council area of Scotland (OS grid ref NH2661).


Gleneagles

A locality including a hotel and railway station near Glen Eagles in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9209).


Hunterston

nuclear power station
nuclear power station

A coastal area in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland, the location of the Hunter family estate, a nuclear power station and a port (OS grid ref NS1951).


Ravenstruther

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9245).


Cairnryan

A village and ferry port in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX0668).


Parkhead

An inner suburb in the city of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6264).


Robroyston

Presumably named after Rob Roy MacGregor + -ton.

A suburb in the Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6368).


Corkerhill

A neighbourhood in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5462).


Bonnybridge

Presumably from a bridge over Bonny Water, a river flowing through the area.

A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8280).


Eye Water

One of the biggest tasks in restoring the main line was the replacement, by temporary structures, of the seven bridges over the Eye Water, which pursues a meandering course, beside the railway, for about five miles between Grantshouse and Reston.

1949 January and February, “Notes and News: Replacement of Bridges”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:

A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, which runs into the North Sea at Eyemouth.


Bishopton

A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4371).


Ferryhill

An inner city area in Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9305).


St Leonards

A suburb of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6554).


Closeburn

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX8992).


Ullapool

Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty#English

A village in Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH1294).


Finnieston

An inner city area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5765).


Aberfoyle

Of the miserable Highland clachan, to which Sir Walter Scott brought Bailie Nicol Jarvie and Frank Osbaldistone for their meeting with the redoubtable Rob Roy, little or nothing remains, and Aberfoyle is now a bright and clean holiday resort, standing on historic ground, where the Highlands and Lowlands meet.

1951 September, M. D. Greville, “From Glasgow to Aberfoyle”, in Railway Magazine, page 580:

A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN5201).


Great Glen

A glen in Highland council area, Scotland, which runs from coast to coast, from Fort William to Inverness.


Ballater

A burgh (town) in the Aberdeenshire council area of Scotland (OS grid ref NO3695).


Dun

A settlement and parish in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6659).


Longniddry

A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4476).


Pinwherry

A small village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX1986).


Barrhill

A village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX2382).


Girvan

en-proper noun

Girvan (countable and uncountable, plural Girvans)

Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Gharbhain. Possibly from geàrr (“short”) + abhainn (“river”).
Alternatively, from garbh (“rough”).

A town or burgh in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX1897).


Mauchline

A town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4927).


Beattock

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0802).


Kirtlebridge

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY2372).


Croftfoot

A suburban area in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6060).


Castlemilk

A suburban area in the city of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6059).

A locality south of Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY1577).


Fort Matilda

A suburb of Greenock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2577).


King's Park

A park and district of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5960).


Sighthill

A suburban area in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1971).

An urban area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).


Newton-on-Ayr

A suburb of Ayr, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3423).


Cockenzie

Cockenzie and Port Seton
Cockenzie and Port Seton#English

The western half of the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3975).


Slateford

A suburb in the city of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2271).


Balerno

A village and community of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1666).


Colinton

A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2269).


Ayton

Ayton (countable and uncountable, plural Aytons)

Probably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9261).


Millerston

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire#English

A suburban area partly in the city of Glasgow and partly in North Lanarkshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6468).


Newtonmore

A village in Highland council area, Scotland, historically in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NN7199).


Lamington

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7477).

South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire#English

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9831).


Craigendoran

A suburb of Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3181).


Arrochar

A village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN2904).


Wormit

A small town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3926).


Bishopbriggs

A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6170).


East Dunbartonshire

A council area of Scotland (one of 32); it was formed in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde Region.


Cadder

A suburban area in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6172).

A housing estate in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5769).


New Cumnock

A small town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6113).


Auchinleck

/ˌɔːxɪnˈlɛk/

A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5521).


Monktonhall

An outer suburb of Musselburgh, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3371).


Prestonpans

A coastal town in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3874).


Mount Florida

A suburban area of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5861).


Parkgate

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY0187).


Lenzie

A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6572).


Kirkintilloch

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


Stockbridge

A suburb of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2474).


Uddingston

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, a south-east suburb of Glasgow (OS grid ref NS6960).


Twatt

A settlement in the Orkney Islands, Scotland


Drem

From Scottish Gaelic Druim; see druim (“back”).

A small village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5179).


Southend

A small village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the south end of Kintyre (OS grid ref NR6908).


Riccarton

A village and parish in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4335).

A suburb of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1769).


Ranfurly

A settlement in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3865).


Fairlie

A village in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2055).


Methven

Probably from Pictish [Term?], equivalent to Welsh medd (“mead”) + Welsh maen (“stone”).

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0226).


Meadowbank

A suburb of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2874).


Corstorphine

Corstorphine (countable and uncountable, plural Corstorphines)

Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”) + Torfin, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þorfinnr.

A suburb of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).


Ben Lomond

A mountain in Stirling council area, Scotland, on the east side of Loch Lomond (OS grid ref NN3602).


Bilston

Recorded in the Domesday Book as Billestune, from earlier 10th century Bilsetnatun, Bilsatena.

A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2664).


Garelochhead

A village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2391).


Innerwick

A small village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7274)


Drumochter

After an overnight in Inverness we returned to Edinburgh via the Highland Main Line, where Drumochter looked cold but spectacular with its rocks, mountains and snow. It was all very John Buchan!

2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST's East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, page 33:

A mountain pass in the Highlands of Scotland, known as the Pass of Drumochter, Drumochter Pass or Drumochter Summit, which is crossed by both the A9 road and the main railway line between Perth and Inverness (OS grid ref NN6376).


Sinclairtown

A suburb of Kirkcaldy, Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2993).


South Gyle

An outer suburb of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1872).


Spittal

A hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX3657).

A small village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4677).

A place near Cardenden, Fife council area, Scotland, possibly a farm (OS grid ref NT2194).

A hamlet in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND1654).

A small suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6060).

A suburban area of Killearn, Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5186).


Dyce

An outer suburb of Aberdeen, Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8912).


Kennethmont

A small village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5328).


Eastfield

An outer suburb of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3273).

A village near Harthill, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8964)

A suburb of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, also known as Balloch.

A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6261).


Huntly

A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5240).


Milnathort

A small town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1204).


Clachnaharry

According to Roddy Maclean, from Scottish Gaelic clach na h-Aithrigh (“stone of repentance”) (see aithríoch), despite the popular derivation from clach na faire (“watchman's stone”).

A suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6446).


Benbecula

An island in the Outer Hebrides, in Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid refs NF74/75/84/85).


Portobello

A coastal suburb in Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3073).


Castleton

A small village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3346).

A parish in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the older name of Newcastleton.


Mallaig

A village and port in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM6796).


Stepps

A settlement in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6568).


Glenwhilly

A location in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, formerly in Wigtownshire (OS grid ref NX1771).


Portpatrick

From port + Patrick, after St Patrick's Church or earlier chapel.

A coastal village and harbour in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Wigtownshire (OS grid ref NW9954).


Newton Stewart

The Scottish town was laid out in 1677 by William Stewart, son of the 2nd Earl of Galloway.

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Wigtownshire (OS grid ref NX4055).


Broughty Ferry

A suburb in the City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4631).


East Linton

A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5877).


Rosewell

A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2862).


Teviot

From Scottish Gaelic abhainn Tìbhiot, probably from the same ultimate source as the river Thames, which see.

A river in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, which joins the Tweed at Kelso.


Anniesland

Possible calque of Scottish Gaelic Fearann Anna, by means of Annie + -s- + -land.

A suburb in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5468).


Cumnock

A town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5620).


Maxwelltown

A suburb of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Kirkcudbrightshire (until 1929) (OS grid ref NX9675).


Glenluce

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Wigtownshire (OS grid ref NX1957).


Dalbeattie

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX8361).


Castle Douglas

From Threave Castle + Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet.

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX7662).

Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet
Threave Castle


Creetown

From the River Cree + town; originally named Ferrytown of Cree.

A small coastal town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX4758).


Rutherglen

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6161).


Gatehouse of Fleet

"Fleet" refers to the Water of Fleet, a river that passes through the town.

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX6056).


Ravenscraig

A site under redevelopment, formerly occupied by a steelworks, in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7556).


Gartcosh

A village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6968).


Port Glasgow

A town on the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3274).


Ballachulish

From Scottish Gaelic Baile a' Chaolais (literally “town of the strait”), from baile (“town”) + caolas (“narrows, strait”), from narrow.

bor

A village in Lochaber, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0858).


Dufftown

From Duff + town; founded in 1817 by James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife.

A small town or burgh in Moray council area, Scotland, originally in Banffshire (OS grid ref NJ3239).


Tillynaught

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, originally in Banffshire. The nearby railway station was closed in 1968 (OS grid ref NJ5961).


Ballinluig

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9752).


Kingsknowe

A suburb in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2170).


Mulben

From Scottish Gaelic Am Muileann Bàn, from am (the) + muileann (mill) + bàn (white). Literally "the white mill".

A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ3550).


Kinbrace

A small village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC8631).


Achnasheen

A small village in Ross-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH1658).


Maybole

A town or burgh in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3010).


Aberfeldy

A town or burgh in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8549).


Holytown

A large village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7660).


Heads of Ayr

A headland, locality, and holiday camp in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2918).


Cowlairs

An area in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6067).


Millerhill

A small village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3269).


Holywood

Holywood
Holywood, Dumfries and Galloway

A small village north of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9579).


Wallyford

A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3672).


Newtonhill

A coastal village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, originally in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO9193).


Arisaig

A village in Inverness-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM6686).


Lossiemouth

From Lossie + mouth; at the mouth of the River Lossie.

A town and port in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ2370).


Lossie

A river in Moray council area, Scotland.


Knock

(Ireland, Scotland, Cumbria) from Irish cnoc and Scottish Gaelic cnoc

A settlement in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5552).

A village on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4931).


Heathfield

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”), equivalent to heath + field. Doublet of Hothfield.

A built-up area in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, between Ayr and Prestwick (OS grid ref NS3523).


Howes

en-proper noun

Howes (countable and uncountable, plural Howeses)

A hamlet just west of the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NY1866).


Ardlui

A hamlet in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN3115)


Glenfinnan

Situated at the bottom of Glen Finnan, close to the River Finnan.

A hamlet in Highland council area, Scotland, at the head of Loch Shiel (OS grid ref NM9080).


Falahill

A small village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, close to the Midlothian border (OS grid ref NT3956).


Lochailort

A hamlet in Highland council area, Scotland, situated at the head of Loch Ailort (OS grid ref NM7682).


Kittybrewster

A suburban area in Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9307)


Forres

A town in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ0358).


Dava

A location in moorland in Highland council area, Scotland, on the border with Moray council area, at one time served by a railway station (OS grid ref NJ0038).


Kincraig

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8305).


Killin

A village near Loch Tay in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN5732).


Banavie

A small village near Fort William in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN1076).


Strathaven

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7044).


Craigellachie

A village in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ2945).


Culloden

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7246). The Battle of Culloden took place on Culloden Moor nearby.


Daviot

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7528).

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7239).


Struan

A small village on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG3438).

A small village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8065).


Coalburn

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, situated on the Coal Burn, a minor river (OS grid ref NS8134).


Muirkirk

A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6927).


Dullatur

A village near Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7476).


Kinbuck

A hamlet in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7905).


Forgandenny

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0818).


Alyth

A town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2448).


Lhanbryde

A village in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ2761).


Pitcaple

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7225).


Kirriemuir

A town or burgh in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3853).


Kinaldie

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8315).


Oyne

A small village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ6725).


Orbliston

A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ3057).


Gartly

A small village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5232).


Gollanfield

A village in Inverness-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8153).


Dalcross

A large area in Highland council area, Scotland, north-east of Inverness, which is the location of Inverness Airport and Dalcross Castle (OS grid ref (approx) NH7748).


Allanfearn

A small settlement near Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7147).


Milltown of Rothiemay

A village in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5448).


Etteridge

A hamlet in Inverness-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN6892).


Murthly

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1038).


Killiecrankie

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9162).


Kinloss

A village in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ0661).


Dalguise

A settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9947).


Luncarty

A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0929).


Roybridge

A village in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN2781).


Morar

A small village near Mallaig, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM6793).


Dalreoch

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A suburb of Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3876).


Drumchapel

A suburb in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5270).


Tobermory

From Scottish Gaelic Tobar Mhoire (literally “Mary's well”).

bor

A village, the main settlement on the island of Mull in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM5055).


Invershin

A village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5796).


Dalmarnock

A suburb in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6163).


Golspie

A coastal village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8399).


Dalmuir

A suburb in West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5871).


Shettleston

A suburb in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6463).


Burrelton

A small village next to Woodside, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2037)


Glamis

A small village in Angus council area, Scotland, the location of Glamis Castle (OS grid ref NO3846).


Coupar Angus

From Pictish *cuper (“confluence”) + Angus, added to distinguish the place from Cupar, which has the same origin.

A small town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2240).


Eassie

en-proper noun

Eassie (countable and uncountable, plural Eassies)

A small village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3345 or NO3547).


Ballathie

A hamlet in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1437).


Glasterlaw

A locality in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO5951).


Bridge of Dun

A hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6658).


Laurencekirk

A small town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO7171).


Marykirk

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO6865).


Fordoun

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO7475).


Drumlithie

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO7880).


Muchalls

A coastal village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO9092).


Portlethen

A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO9196).


Rona

Possibly from Old Norse [Term?] (“rough island”). Doublet of Ronay.

South Rona, a small inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

North Rona, a small and remote uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.


Bearsden

A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5372).


Ibrox

An urban area in Glasgow council area, Scotland, south-west of the city centre (OS grid ref NS5564).


Murrayfield

A suburb in the city of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, and the location of Murrayfield Stadium (OS grid ref NT2273).


Merchiston

A suburb in the city of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2472).


Craiglockhart

/kɹeɪɡˈlɒkəɹt/

/kɹeɪɡˈlɒkɑɹt/

First recorded as Latin "Crag quam Stephanus Loccard miles tenuit" (Crag of Stepahnus Loccard). From crag + Loccard.

der

A suburb in the city of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2270).


Carluke

A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8450).


Shieldhall

A mainly industrial area on the Clyde in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5365).


Longhope

A coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3090).


Langholm

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Dumfriesshire (OS NY3684).


Crieff

We are now in Crieff, an hour outside Edinburgh, in a huge country hotel with tonnes of activities for the kids and us.

2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 173:

A market town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8621).


Grantown-on-Spey

From Grant + town + (River) Spey; named after Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet.

A town in Highland council area, Scotland, originally in Morayshire (OS grid ref NJ0327).


Smeaton

A village and country estate in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5978).


Newington

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

A suburban area in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2672).


Blackhill

A suburban area in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6266).


Clarkston

en-proper noun

Clarkston (countable and uncountable, plural Clarkstons)

East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire#English

A suburban town in East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5757).

A suburb of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7766).


South Ronaldsay

From Old Norse Rǫgnvald (“a personal name”) + ey (“island”).

An island in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.


Herston

A village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND4291).


Annbank

A village in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4023).


Hèbrides

[ˈɛ.βɾi.ðəs]


Barassie

A suburb of Troon, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3232).


Anstruther

A small coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland, divided into Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester (OS grid ref NO5603).


Kilsyth

A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7177).


Invergarry

From Inver- + Garry, situated near the mouth of the River Garry.

A village in the Great Glen, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH3001).


Fort Augustus

A village on Loch Ness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH3809).


Tynehead

A locality in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3959).


Galabank

From Gala + bank, being located close to Gala Water, a river.

A hamlet near Stow, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4445).


Shawfair

A new residential development near Millerhill, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3269).


Corpach

A village near Fort William, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0976).


Cromdale

A village in Morayshire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ0728).


Portree

From Scottish Gaelic Port Rìgh (literally “King’s Port”).

bor

The largest town on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG4843).


Callander

en-proper noun

Callander (countable and uncountable, plural Callanders)

A small town in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN6307).


Lunan Water

A river in Angus council area, Scotland, which flows into Lunan Bay at Lunan.


Lunan

A coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).


Lunan Bay

A bay in Angus council area, on the east coast of Scotland.


Inverkeilor

A village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6649).


Usan

A hamlet south of Montrose, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7254).


Stannergate

A suburban area in the city of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4331).


Monifieth

A coastal town in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4932).


Carnoustie

A coastal town in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO5634).


Newmill

A village near Keith, Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4352).

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7883).

A hamlet in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, on the River Teviot south-west of Hawick (OS grid ref NT4510).


Castlecary

A village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7877).


Carmont

A small settlement near Carmont Hill, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO8084).

A former railway station at Newmill, Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NO7883).


Burnmouth

From burn (“stream”) + mouth. Doublet of Bournemouth.

A coastal village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9560).


Philpstoun

A village in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0477).


Gogar

A rural area in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1672).


Cockburnspath

A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7771).


Grantshouse

A small village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8065).


East Fortune

A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5479).


Littlemill

A hamlet in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4515).

A hamlet in Nairnshire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH9150).


Kellas

A village in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4535).

A village in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1654).


Hurlford

A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4536).


Gorgie

A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2272).


Strathmore

Of Scottish origin; strath is derived from Scottish Gaelic srath.

So, despite the obvious difficulties of crossing the intervening Sidlaws, correspondents to the Dundee newspapers in 1817 were advocating a "terraqueous undertaking" in the form of a canal from the town into Strathmore.

1951 August, S. G. E. Lythe, “The Dundee & Newtyle Railway: I—Promotion and Management, 1825-1846”, in Railway Magazine, pages 546-547:

A large valley in Angus council area, and partly in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland.

A valley and river therein, in Sutherland, Highland council area, in the far north of Scotland (the valley is spelt Strath More on an Ordnance Survey map).


Faslane

A naval base and port on Faslane Bay, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2488).


Trondra

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English

A small inhabited island in Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3937).


Cutts

A settlement on Trondra, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4038).


Shandon

A village on the Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2586).

A neighbourhood in Merchiston, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2371).

A small settlement near Drymen, Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4789).


St Combs

From a church dedicated to Saint Colm or Columba.

A coastal village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0563).


Cairnbulg

From Scottish Gaelic càrn builg (“gap cairn”).

A coastal village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0365).


Fountainbridge

An inner city area in Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2473).


Curriehill

A location with a railway station at Currie, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1768).


Newmachar

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8819).


Ellon

A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9530).


Portsoy

A coastal town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, originally in Banffshire (OS grid ref NJ5866).


Lumphanan

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5804).


Oldmeldrum

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8027).


Torphins

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, England (OS grid ref NJ6201).


Macduff

A coastal town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, originally in Banffshire (OS grid ref NJ7064).


Milngavie

East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire#English

A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5574).


Whiteinch

Originally an island in the River Clyde named White Inch.

A suburb in Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS NS5367).


Stenhousemuir

A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8783).


Dingwall

Dingwall (countable and uncountable, plural Dingwalls)

Probably from Old Norse þing (“assembly”) + vǫllr (“field, meadow”).

A town and royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5558).


Gateside

A hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4344)

A suburb of Barrhill, East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4858).

A small village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1809).

A small village in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3653).


Broadstone

A locality near Gateside, North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3653).


Blantyre

From Scottish Gaelic Blantaidhr, from Cumbric blaen tir (“top of the land”).

A town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857).


Dornoch

A coastal town in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7989).


Fortrose

Possibly a survival of the territorial name Fortriu, from Pictish.

A coastal town in the Black Isle, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7256).


Tain

A town (royal burgh) in Ross-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7882).


Fourpenny

A hamlet in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8094).


Embo

A coastal village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8192).


Auldgirth

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX9186).


Carronbridge

From Carron + bridge, bridge across Carron Water.

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX8798).


Ardoch

A hamlet in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3676).

A location in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, on the A76 road and River Nith (OS grid ref NS8305).

A community of Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, including Over Ardoch and Mill of Ardoch (OS grid ref NN8311).


Kirkconnel

A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7311).


Hardengreen

A neighbourhood of Eskbank, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3265).


Westerton

A suburb of Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5470).


Kinloid

A locality south of Mallaig, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM6687).


Isle of Lewis

Lewis and Harris
Lewis and Harris#English

An island area, the larger northern part of Lewis and Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles council area, Scotland.


Granton

A suburban area and harbour in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2377).


Niddrie

A suburb in eastern Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3071).


Ladyburn

A suburb of Greenock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2975).


Gullane

Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic gualann (“shoulder”); the pronunciation with /ʌ/ is historically a spelling pronunciation, but is now the usual local pronunciation.

A coastal village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4882).


Ormiston

Ormiston (countable and uncountable, plural Ormistons)

From the Old Norse personal name Ormr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

der

A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4169).


Strathbungo

A suburb in south Glasgow, Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5762).


Boat of Garten

From a ferry by the corn field, across the River Spey; Garten being from Scottish Gaelic gairtean.

A village in Highland council area, Scotland, originally in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NH9419).


Muir of Ord

From Scots muir + Scottish Gaelic òrd, moorland of the rounded hill.

A village in Highland council area, Scotland, west-north-west of Inverness (OS grid ref NH5250).