Blantyre
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857).
- 2 A city in Blantyre district, Southern Region, Malawi.
- 3 A district of the Southern Region, Malawi; in full, Blantyre District.
- 4 A rural locality in Scenic Rim Region, south-east Queensland, Australia.
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Blantaidhr, from Cumbric *blain (“summit, end”) + *tir (“land”), comparable to Welsh blaen + tir.