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   What does Strath mean?

   • Pick the best words! A quiz that’s all bark, no bite. The meaning of STRATH is a flat wide river valley or the low-lying grassland along it.

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   What is a strath in geology?

   • In geology, a strath is a bedrock surface within a river valley that marks a base level of erosion by the river. This may underlie a contemporary strath valley floor, corresponding to the present base level, but it may also correspond to a former base level now preserved in the geologic record.

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   Is Strath a Gaelic name?

   • It is commonly used in rural Scotland to describe a wide valley, even by non-Gaelic speakers. In Scottish place-names, Strath- is of Gaelic and Brittonic origin. [ 2 ]Strath- names has a similar origin to Gaelic srath, meaning "broad-valley", as well as to Cumbric and Pictish cognates (cf. Welsh ystrad).

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   Where is Strathbran?

   • There is a strath or valley in Rosshire which still retains his name, Strathbran. Two miles further on comes in the Nethan, winding through its wooded strath under the base of Craignethan Castle. Blanche had not felt so happy since 329she left the Highland strath as she did when she found herself riding by her father's side.

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   In geology, a strath is a bedrock surface within a river valley that marks a base level of erosion by the river. This may underlie a contemporary strath valley floor, corresponding to the present base level, but it may also correspond to a former base level now preserved in the geologic record .

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   May 26, 2010 · The meaning of STRATH is a flat wide river valley or the low-lying grassland along it.

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   strath in British English. (stræθ ) noun. Scottish. a broad flat river valley. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: from Scot and Irish Gaelic srath, Welsh ystrad.

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   zz. Strath definition: a wide valley.. See examples of STRATH used in a sentence.

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   What does the noun strath mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun strath . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Noun. Singular: strath. Plural: straths. Origin of Strath. Scottish Gaelic srath from Old Irish ster- 2 in Indo-European roots. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. From Scottish Gaelic srath. From Wiktionary. Strath Sentence Examples.

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   Define strath. strath synonyms, strath pronunciation, strath translation, English dictionary definition of strath. n. Scots A wide, flat river valley. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.