"Strachan" meaning in All languages combined

See Strachan on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Strachans [plural]
Etymology: The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”) + eachan (“foal”). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), a personal name from sruith (“sage elder”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|srath||river valley}} Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”), {{m|gd|eachan||foal}} eachan (“foal”), {{der|en|ga|Ó Sruitheáin||descendant of Sruitheán}} Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), {{m|ga|sruith||sage elder}} sruith (“sage elder”), {{m|ga|-án||diminutive suffix}} -án (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Strachan (countable and uncountable, plural Strachans)
  1. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Places in Scotland, Villages in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Villages in Scotland
    Sense id: en-Strachan-en-name-I3DdOlln Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 72 28
  2. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Strachan-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Strahan [Irish, surname]

Inflected forms

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