Lunan
A coastal hamlet in Angus council area, ScotlandA coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).
Meaning
2 sensesA coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).
A surname from Irish.
Origin
Formerly Inuerlunan, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“estuary”) + Lunan Water. The rFormerly Inuerlunan, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“estuary”) + Lunan Water. The river-name itself is, per King (2007), from a Pictish reflex of Proto-Celtic *loukos (“shining, white”).
Variant of Loonan.
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