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Carstairs

Carstairs proper noun: a village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9346).

Proper noun

Carstairs

  1. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9346).
  2. A town in Mountain View County, central Alberta, Canada.
  3. A rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.
  4. A surname.

Origin of Carstairs

From Cumbric *cayr (“fort”) + Cumbric *Tarras, a river name.

Words formed from Carstairs

Questions about Carstairs

What does Carstairs mean?
Carstairs means a village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9346).
What part of speech is Carstairs?
Carstairs is a proper noun.

Words near Carstairs in the dictionary

  1. carspiels
  2. carsploitation
  3. carspreading
  4. Carss
  5. Carss Park
  6. Carstairs
  7. Carstairs Junction
  8. Carstarphen
  9. Carstarphens
  10. Carstensen
  11. Carstensens

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