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Rothesay.

A town on the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0864).

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɾɔθse/Scotland/ˈɾɔθsɪ/Scotland/ˈɾɔθsi/Scotland/ˈɹɒθsi/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A town on the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS0864).

  2. A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

  3. A town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

  4. A royal dukedom given to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

Where this word comes from

From Middle Scots Rothersay, apparently from an Old Norse term ending in ey (“island”), like other place names ending in -ay. The town in New Brunswick may have been named after then–Prince of Wales Edward VII (1841–1910), who visited the area in 1860. The civil parish is named after the town.

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