English Explanatory Dictionary

John o' Groats

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in northeast Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland. It is known because the distance between it and Land's End is geographically the longest distance between any two points on the mainland of Great Britain (OS grid ref ND3872).

Word forms

John o' Groats

Etymology

Named after Jan de Groot, a Dutchman who once plied a ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney.

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