name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
carse
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Scotland, US: /ˈkɑɹs/
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Scotland, US:
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Low, fertile land; a river valley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 3
An area of fertile, low-lying (typically alluvial) land occupying certain Scottish river valleys, such as that of the River Forth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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History
Etymology
From Middle English kerrs, cars, of uncertain origin. Perhaps Celtic: the term is "first found in a semi-Gaelic form", Carsach (c. 1143); compare Welsh cars (“bog, fen”), carsen (“reed”), Armoric kars, korsen (“bog plant, reed”). Alternatively, perhaps related to carr (“bog, march, swampland”) (perhaps suffixed with a variant of -ish, -sæ); compare Swedish kärr (“fen; bog”).
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