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Tillietudlem

Tillietudlem proper noun: a hamlet north-east of Blackwood, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8045).

Proper noun

Tillietudlem

  1. A hamlet north-east of Blackwood, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8045).

Origin of Tillietudlem

Named after a fictional castle in Sir Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality, which readers thought resembled Craignethan Castle, not far from the hamlet.

Questions about Tillietudlem

What does Tillietudlem mean?
Tillietudlem means a hamlet north-east of Blackwood, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8045).
What part of speech is Tillietudlem?
Tillietudlem is a proper noun.

Words near Tillietudlem in the dictionary

  1. Tillie
  2. Tillie and Mac book
  3. Tillie and Mac books
  4. tillie vallie
  5. tillies
  6. Tillietudlem
  7. Tilligerry Creek
  8. tilling
  9. Tillingham
  10. Tillinghast
  11. Tillinghasts

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