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name
University of Strathclyde, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A wide, flat river valley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Scotland
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noun
A piece of flat land beside a body of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Scotland
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History
Clipping of Strathclyde.
Borrowed from Irish srath and Scottish Gaelic srath (“wide, flat river valley, strath; floor of river valley; river meadow”), both from Old Irish srath (“grass, sward; river valley; floor of river valley; river meadow”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h3tós (“spread; stretched”, adjective), from *sterh3- (“to extend, spread, stretch out”). The meaning was likely influenced by a Cumbric/Pictish cognate; compare Welsh ystrad. Doublet of stratus.
Across languages
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