English Explanatory Dictionary

Blantyre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857).
  2. A city in Blantyre district, Southern Region, Malawi.
  3. A district of the Southern Region, Malawi; in full, Blantyre District.
  4. A rural locality in Scenic Rim Region, south-east Queensland, Australia.

Word forms

Blantyre

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Blantaidhr, from Cumbric *blain (“summit, end”) + *tir (“land”), comparable to Welsh blaen + tir.

Derived words

Blantyre District High Blantyre Low Blantyre
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