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clan.

clan, kin group, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands or Scotland in general

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/klɛn/Netherlands
  1. clan, kin group, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands or Scotland in general

    masculine
  2. a group of gamers playing on the same team, a clan

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). As such, it is a doublet of plant (“plant, flora”).

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