English Explanatory Dictionary

Niddrie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb in eastern Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3071).
  2. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  3. An unincorporated place in the Unorganized Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.

Word forms

Niddrie

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots Nuddrie, Nydrie, from Early Scots Nudre, from earlier Nodref, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *nöwɨð (“new”) + *treβ (“farm”), from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos + *trebā.

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