English Explanatory Dictionary

Ullie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of the Helmsdale: a river in Highland council area, which flows into the North Sea at Helmsdale.

Word forms

Ullie the Ullie

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Ilidh, of uncertain derivation, but Isaac (2005) connects this with a Proto-Celtic root meaning "cry" (cf. Old Irish ilach (“victorious howl”)) and Coates (2006) argued for Proto-Semitic *ʔil- (“god”).

Synonyms

the Helmsdale
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