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Cluny

Cluny proper noun: a commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

Proper noun (1)

Cluny

  1. A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

Proper noun (2)

Cluny

  1. A parish south of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, the location of Cluny Castle (OS grid ref NJ6812).
  2. A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, north-west of Kirkcaldy (OS grid ref NT2495).
  3. A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the parish of Cluny in Scotland.

Origin of Cluny

From Latin Cluniacum, from Clunius.

From Scottish Gaelic, from cluain (“meadow”).

Words formed from Cluny

Phrases with Cluny

Questions about Cluny

What does Cluny mean?
Cluny means a commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.
What part of speech is Cluny?
Cluny is a proper noun.

Words near Cluny in the dictionary

  1. clunter
  2. cluntered
  3. cluntering
  4. clunters
  5. Clunton
  6. Cluny
  7. Cluny lace
  8. Cluny laces
  9. cluon
  10. cluons
  11. clupanodonic

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