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Strathspey

//stɹæθˈspeɪ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The area encompassing the upper part of the strath (valley) of Scotland’s River Spey in Highland council area, from its source in Loch Spey to the strath’s capital, Grantown-on-Spey.
Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel.
  2. 2
    A piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance.

    "He muttered an exclamation in Gaelic, strode across the floor, and then, with an air of dogged resolution, as if prepared to see the scene to an end, sate himself down on the oak table and whistled a strathspey."

Etymology

Etymology 1

After Strathspey, valley of the river Spey.

Etymology 2

From strath + Spey, an adaptation of Scottish Gaelic Srath Spè.

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