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A coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname from Irish.
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noun
Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
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History
Formerly Inuerlunan, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“estuary”) + Lunan Water. The river-name itself is, per King (2007), from a Pictish reflex of Proto-Celtic *loukos (“shining, white”).
Variant of Loonan.
From Luna + -an.
