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Clan name Crest badge Clan tartan Blazon of crest & motto within crest badge; war cry and plant badge Clan chief; and clan seat, or historical seat Notes Abercromby [4] Crest: A falcon rising belled Proper. [5] Motto: Petit alta [6] [Latin, 'He seeks high deeds'] [5] Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Abercrombie, Fife. Abernethy [4]
The two other ethnonyms that appear in the same line belong to the southern part of the Scandinavian peninsula. The name corresponds to the Icelandic hrani ("coarse, crude, heedless person") and the Old Norse name Hrani ("blusterer, boaster"). The word hrani has been explained as "the one who squeals like a pig". [187]
If a clan has a Gaelic name, and the references to back this name up, this may be listed, but I take issue with this taking a section, I think those clans who have good references to a Gaelic name may have an entry in the column "Blazon of crest & motto within crest badge; War cry and Clan badge" giving a listing thereto as: Gaelic name: Clan's ...
Shared with Clan Lyle, and third set of tartans shared with Clan Heron [179] Variant is slightly different than Royal Stuart, seen above. [180] Stewart of Appin: Highland clans [181] Stirling: Lowland clans Also known as "Bannockburn", second set of tartans shared with Clan Aikenhead Strachan: Highland clans [182] Straiton: Lowland clans
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
The English word "clan" is derived from old Irish clann [1] meaning "children", "offspring", "progeny" or "descendants". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "clan" was introduced into English in around 1425, as a descriptive label for the organization of society in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.
^ This name is the main name used in Norman Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes. [7] Each has a separate article under the name listed there, and alternative names are also listed. In most cases (but not all) the name in the left column "Group name" is also the main name used by Tindale.
Clan name may refer to: Chinese clan name (Chinese: 氏; pinyin: shì), one of two types of ancient Chinese surnames distinct from the ancestral name (姓, xing) Mongolian clan name, a portion of a Mongolian name; Roman clan name, a common element of Latin names, usually the second name following the praenomen and before the cognomen