Cluny

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.
  2. 2
    A parish south of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, the location of Cluny Castle (OS grid ref NJ6812).
  3. 3
    A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, north-west of Kirkcaldy (OS grid ref NT2495).
  4. 4
    A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the parish of Cluny in Scotland.

Etymology

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

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Cluny laceOfford Cluny

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