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Prony.

A locality in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.

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name
  1. A locality in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.

Where this word comes from

Possibly from Scottish Gaelic pronn (“crumbly soil”), or the Pictish cognate of Welsh bron (“breast, breast-shaped hill”), bryn (“hill”) or pren (“wood”).

name
  1. A village in Le Mont-Dore commune, New Caledonia.

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