Balmoral

Meanings

1. A castle and associated estate in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, that is a private residence of the British sovereign (OS grid ref NO2595).
2. A suburb of Galashiels, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4836).

1. A suburban area in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1. Other places elsewhere in the world:
2. A place in Canada:
3. A settlement in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia.
4. A community in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, Manitoba.
5. A community in Bois-Joli village, Restigouche County, New Brunswick.
6. A parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.
7. A community in Haldimand County, Ontario.
8. A place in the United States:
9. An unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
10. An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland.
11. An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
12. An unincorporated community in the town of Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin.

1. A Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume but no brim; a blue bonnet.
2. A heavy walking shoe.
3. An Oxford shoe.
4. A figured woollen petticoat.

Etymology

Castle name first appears in writing as Bouchmorale in 1451. Formed from a combination of Old Irish both (“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”) and an uncertain second element. The second element may be Pictish, equivalent to Welsh mawr (“large”) + Welsh iâl (“pastureland”).