Atholl
Meanings
name
- A historical division of the Scottish Highlands within the modern council area of Perth and Kinross.
- An ancient Scottish ten-times-created earldom, more recently dukedom, which initially possessed the above lands.
Word forms
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Athall, possibly from Middle Irish aith- (“second, further”) + Fódla, a poetic name for Ireland.
Derived words
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