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Lanark

town · South Lanarkshire

BrittonicAI-generated

Lanark is a Brittonic name likely meaning 'the church or monastery on the river Clyde'. It combines a Celtic term for a church or enclosure with the name of the river.

Word origins

Lan
Brittonicchurch, monastery, enclosure(from lan "church, monastery, enclosure")
ark
Brittonicriver Clyde(from clota "river Clyde")

Historical forms

Lanarc · Lanerch