English Explanatory Dictionary

Rattray

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1845).
  2. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from the place name.

Pronunciation

/ɹæ(t).tɹeɪ/

Word forms

Rattray

Etymology

From Pictish, probably equivalent to Welsh rhawdd (“fortress”) + tref (“village”).

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