Atholl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A historical division of the Scottish Highlands within the modern council area of Perth and Kinross.
  2. An ancient Scottish ten-times-created earldom, more recently dukedom, which initially possessed the above lands.

Word forms

Atholl Athole Athol

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Athall, possibly from Middle Irish aith- (“second, further”) + Fódla, a poetic name for Ireland.

Derived words

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