"Strachan" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /stɹɔːn/ [UK], /stɹɔn/ [US], /stɹɑn/ [cot-caught-merger] Forms: Strachans [plural], Strahan [alternative]
enPR: strôn Rhymes: -ɔːn 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”), {{der|en|ga|Ó Sruitheáin||descendant of Sruitheán}} Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”) 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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Strachan-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

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