English Explanatory Dictionary

Kincardine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town on the River Forth in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9387).
  2. The former county town of Kincardineshire, Scotland, abandoned in the Middle Ages.
  3. A hamlet near Ardgay, Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6089).
  4. A municipality and community in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.

Word forms

Kincardine

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Chàrdainn, possibly adapted from an earlier Pictish *Pencarden, equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top”) + cardden (“enclosure”).

Related words

Kincardine and Deeside Kincardineshire

Derived words

Kincardine O'Neil
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