Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname. · A small coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6107).
From Pictish *cair (“fortress”) (or the Pictish loanword in Scottish Gaelic) + *al, ail (“rock, cliff”).
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- Derivation mention*cairxpi
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