Nithsdale

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hood that can be drawn over the face.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The valley of the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.

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Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Jacobite Earl of Nithsdale who escaped from the Tower in women's clothes brought in by his wife, in 1716.

Etymology 2

From the River Nith + -s- + dale.

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