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Strachan.

A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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  1. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A surname.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”) + eachan (“foal”). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), a personal name from sruith (“sage elder”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

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