strath
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Strath
A wide, flat river valleyA wide, flat river valley.
/stɹæθ/
Meaning
2 senses(Ireland, Scotland)A wide, flat river valley.
Strath
(Ireland, Scotland)A piece of flat land beside a body of water.
Translations
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By meaning 1
wide, flat river valley:
Origin
Borrowed from Irish srath and Scottish Gaelic srath (“wide, flat river valley, strath; floBorrowed from Irish srath and Scottish Gaelic srath (“wide, flat river valley, strath; floor of river valley; river meadow”), both from Old Irish srath (“grass, sward; river valley; floor of river valley; river meadow”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós (“spread; stretched”, adjective), from *sterh₃- (“to extend, spread, stretch out”). The meaning was likely influenced by a Cumbric/Pictish cognate; compare Welsh ystrad. Doublet of stratus.
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