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English word origin

Etymology of Munro

From Scottish Gaelic * (mountains): Named after Scottish mountaineer Sir Hugh Thomas Munro.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Monroe · A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

noun

Any Scottish mountain having a height of more than 3,000 feet.

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

From Scottish Gaelic * (mountains): Named after Scottish mountaineer Sir Hugh Thomas Munro.

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