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  2. List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin - Wikipedia

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    Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...

  3. Scottish English - Wikipedia

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    Scottish English (Scottish Gaelic: Beurla Albannach) is the set of varieties of the English language spoken in Scotland. The transregional, standardised variety is called Scottish Standard English or Standard Scottish English ( SSE ).

  4. Dictionary of the Scots Language - Wikipedia

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    In 2021, Scottish Language Dictionaries became an SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) and changed its name to Dictionaries of the Scots Language. It is a registered charity in Scotland with the OSCR number SC032910.

  5. Alba gu bràth - Wikipedia

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    Alba gu bràth (pronounced [ˈal̪ˠapə kə ˈpɾaːx] ⓘ) is a Scottish Gaelic phrase used to express allegiance to Scotland . Idiomatically it translates into English as 'Scotland forever'. [1] It has also been used on some Scotland Football National team shirts over the past few seasons.

  6. List of Scottish Gaelic given names - Wikipedia

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    Scottish Gaelic English Ref Note; Iagan Johnny Used in certain areas, such as Barra, and South Uist. [48] Said to be a diminutive form of SG Iain; [48] others say it is a diminutive form of SG Aodh [50] (note that these two Gaelic names are not etymologically related). Iain John, Ian [48] SG form of En Ian, which is a Scottish form of En John ...

  7. Scottish Gaelic - Wikipedia

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    Scottish Gaelic (/ ˈ ɡ æ l ɪ k /, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ⓘ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

  8. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]

  9. List of English words of Scots origin - Wikipedia

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    Meaning magic, enchantment, spell. From English grammar and Scottish gramarye (occult learning or scholarship). gloaming Middle English (Scots) gloming, from Old English glomung "twilight", from OE glom golf glengarry (or Glengarry bonnet) A brimless Scottish cap with a crease running down the crown, often with ribbons at the back.