English Explanatory Dictionary

Lothian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An area and former region of Scotland, including Edinburgh.
  2. An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
  3. A Scottish marquisate.
  4. A habitational surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈlo.ði.ən/ [ˈloː.ði.ən] /ˈləʊ.ði.ən/ /ˈloʊ.ði.ən/

Word forms

Lothian Lothians

Etymology

Potentially from Proto-Celtic *lutā. According to A. D. Mills, in A Dictionary of British Place Names, named after "one Leudonus".

Derived words

East Lothian Midlothian West Lothian
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