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Pluscarden

Pluscarden proper noun: a locality in Moray council area, Scotland.

Proper noun

Pluscarden

  1. A locality in Moray council area, Scotland.

Origin of Pluscarden

The second element is probably from Pictish, which may be equivalent to Middle Welsh cardden (“encampment”). The initial element is likely from Scottish Gaelic plaosg (“husk, (egg)shell”), or perhaps a cognate of Welsh plisc (“nutshell”).

Words formed from Pluscarden

  • Pluscarden Abbey

Questions about Pluscarden

What does Pluscarden mean?
Pluscarden means a locality in Moray council area, Scotland.
What part of speech is Pluscarden?
Pluscarden is a proper noun.

Words near Pluscarden in the dictionary

  1. plus-minus signs
  2. plus-one
  3. plus-ones
  4. plus-size
  5. plus-sized
  6. Pluscarden
  7. plused
  8. pluses
  9. plush
  10. plush animal
  11. plush animals

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