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Lunan.

A coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).

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Meaning & usage

name
  1. A coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).

Where this word comes from

Formerly 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”).

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Where this word comes from

Variant of Loonan.

noun
  1. Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).

Where this word comes from

From Luna + -an.

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