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Orchy

Orchy proper noun: a river in Argyll and Bute council area, in the Highlands of Scotland, which flows from Loch Tulla to Loch Awe.

Proper noun

Orchy

  1. A river in Argyll and Bute council area, in the Highlands of Scotland, which flows from Loch Tulla to Loch Awe.

Origin of Orchy

Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *argoɨd (“surrounding forest”).

Words formed from Orchy

Questions about Orchy

What does Orchy mean?
Orchy means a river in Argyll and Bute council area, in the Highlands of Scotland, which flows from Loch Tulla to Loch Awe.
What part of speech is Orchy?
Orchy is a proper noun.

Words near Orchy in the dictionary

  1. orchitogenicity
  2. Orchomenos
  3. Orchomenus
  4. orchotomies
  5. orchotomy
  6. Orchy
  7. ORCID
  8. orcin
  9. orcine
  10. orcines
  11. orcinol

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