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Creggans

Creggans proper noun: a hamlet on Loch Fyne, north of Strachur, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0802).

Proper noun

Creggans

  1. A hamlet on Loch Fyne, north of Strachur, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0802).
    • Long before the pier was built, Creggans (from the Gaelic creagan, meaning 'rock' or 'crag'), as this part of Strachur has always been known, was a regular landing place for boats, and it is here that Mary, Queen of Scots landed when she came to Strachur more than four-hundred years ago.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 277

Origin of Creggans

From Scottish Gaelic creagan.

Questions about Creggans

What does Creggans mean?
Creggans means a hamlet on Loch Fyne, north of Strachur, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0802).
What part of speech is Creggans?
Creggans is a proper noun.

Words near Creggans in the dictionary

  1. Cregans
  2. Cregar
  3. Cregars
  4. Creger
  5. Cregers
  6. Creggans
  7. Cregger
  8. Creggers
  9. Cregneash
  10. Cregneish
  11. Crego

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