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Dairsie

Dairsie proper noun: a village in north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4117).

Proper noun

Dairsie

  1. A village in north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4117).
    Synonyms:
    Osnaburgh

Synonyms of Dairsie

  • Osnaburgh

Origin of Dairsie

Earlier Deruesin (1162). From Pictish *deru (“oak”) + *es + *in, both place-name suffixes.

Questions about Dairsie

What does Dairsie mean?
Dairsie means a village in north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4117).
What part of speech is Dairsie?
Dairsie is a proper noun.

Words near Dairsie in the dictionary

  1. dairids
  2. dairier
  3. dairiers
  4. dairies
  5. dairous
  6. Dairsie
  7. dairy
  8. Dairy Arm
  9. dairy bar
  10. dairy bars
  11. dairy cake

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