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Strichen

village · Aberdeenshire

PictishAI-generated

Strichen is likely of Pictish origin, possibly meaning 'place of the broom' or 'place of the brushwood'. The first element might relate to a plant, and the second to a place or settlement.

Word origins

strich
Pictishbroom, brushwood(from sotrich "broom, brushwood")
en
Pictishplace(from -en "place suffix")

Historical forms

Strichen