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straths

straths is the plural of strath.

Meaning of strath

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
  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...

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What is straths the plural of?
Straths is the plural of strath.

Words near straths in the dictionary

  1. Strathmiglo
  2. Strathmore
  3. Strathmore Heights
  4. Strathmore weed
  5. Strathpeffer
  6. straths
  7. strathspey
  8. strathspeys
  9. Strathtay
  10. Strathtulloh
  11. Strathyre

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