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Arbuthnott.

A village in Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7975).

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name/ˈɑːɹ.bʌθ.nɒt/
  1. A village in Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7975).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Obar Bhuadhnait, a placename composed of a Pictish element meaning "confluence" + the stream name Buadhnat, which means "virtuous" or "healing", because this stream was regarded as holy.

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