St John's Town of Dalry
village · Dumfries and Galloway
ScotsAI-generated
This village name means 'Saint John's town of Dalry'. 'St John' refers to the saint, 'town' is a Scots word for a settlement, and 'Dalry' is a Gaelic name meaning 'valley of the king'.
Word origins
- St
- Old EnglishSaint(from sanctus "holy")
- John
- Old EnglishJohn(from Iohannes "Yahweh is gracious")
- Town
- Scotstown, settlement(from tun "enclosure, settlement")
- Dalry
- Gaelicvalley of the king(from dail "valley", righ "king")