Etymograph

English

Strathmore

Strathmore comes from Scottish Gaelic srath mòr.

  1. Scottish Gaelicmodernsrath mòrliterally ‘large strath’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1951Strathmore

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish Gaelicmodernsrath mòrliterally ‘large strath’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1951Strathmore

Earliest quotation: 1951, S. G. E. Lythe, The Dundee & Newtyle Railway: I—Promotion and Management, 18: “So, despite the obvious difficulties of crossing the intervening…”

Today it means

name A large valley in Angus council area, and partly in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic srath mòr / Strathmore