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Carstairs.

A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9346).

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9346).

  2. A town in Mountain View County, central Alberta, Canada.

  3. A rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.

  4. A surname.

Where this word comes from

From Cumbric *cayr (“fort”) + Cumbric *Tarras, a river name.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.