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strath

/stɹæθ/

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Ireland/stræh/

strath noun: a wide, flat river valley.

strath: a wide, flat river valley
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Noun

strath (plural straths)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland) A wide, flat river valley.
    • [T]hoſe fair Straths that vvater’d are / VVith Tay and Tvveed’s ſmooth Streams, / VVhich gentily and daintily / Eat dovvn the flovvry Braes; / As greatly and quietly / They vvimple to the Seas.1720, Allan Ramsay, “The Poet’s Wish: An Ode”, in Poems, Edinburgh: Printed for the author […] [and sold by T. Jauncy […]], →OCLC, page 359
    • [T]he other stream, which had its source among the mountains on the left hand of the strath, seemed to issue from a very narrow and dark opening betwixt two large rocks.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], “Highland Minstrelsy”, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co....
  2. (Ireland, Scotland) A piece of flat land beside a body of water.
    • [T]he place is pretty pleasant, close by Forth waterside, att the foot of Craigmor, betwixt which and the watar there is a strath very proper for walking: […]1699 May 24 (date written; Gregorian calendar), George Turnbull, “The Diary of the Rev. George Turnbull, Minister of Alloa and Tyninghame, 1657–1704 […]”, in Robert Paul, editor, Miscellany of the...

Proper noun capitalized: Strath

Strath

  1. University of Strathclyde, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

strath meaning in Indonesian and Vietnamese

strath in Indonesian

wide, flat river valley
strath

strath in Vietnamese

wide, flat river valley
strath

Forms of strath

pluralstraths

Origin of strath

Borrowed from Irish srath and Scottish Gaelic srath (“wide, flat river valley, strath; floor of river valley; river meadow”), both from Old Irish srath (“grass, sward; river valley; floor of river valley; river meadow”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós (“spread; stretched”, adjective), from *sterh₃- (“to extend, spread, stretch out”). The meaning was likely influenced by a Cumbric/Pictish cognate; compare Welsh ystrad. Doublet of stratus.

Clipping of Strathclyde.

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Words that rhyme with strath

Questions about strath

What does strath mean?
Strath means a wide, flat river valley.
What is strath in Indonesian?
Strath in Indonesian is strath. See Strath meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is strath?
Strath can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce strath?
Strath is pronounced /stɹæθ/ (UK).
What is the plural of strath?
The plural of strath is straths.

Words near strath in the dictionary

  1. Stratford
  2. Stratford-on-Avon
  3. Stratford-upon-Avon
  4. Stratfordian
  5. Stratfordians
  6. strath
  7. Strath Creek
  8. Strathallan
  9. Stratham
  10. Strathaven
  11. Strathblane

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