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English word origin

Etymology of Cluny

From Latin Cluniacum, from Clunius.

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Source etymology 1

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name

A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

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From Latin Cluniacum, from Clunius.

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Source etymology 2

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name

A parish south of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, the location of Cluny Castle (OS grid ref NJ6812). · A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, north-west of Kirkcaldy (OS grid ref NT2495). · A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the parish of Cluny in Scotland.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Scottish Gaelic, from cluain (“meadow”).

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