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Sruighlea
Pronunciation (IPA)/ˈs̪t̪ɾuilə/
English name: Stirling · Stirling
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
likely from old words for “stream” and “pool”
The origin of this name is not certain. This is the meaning the sources below give.
Nearby & related:
Dùn Phàrlain · DunfermlineGlaschu · GlasgowAn Ruadh-Ghleann · RutherglenRinn Friù · RenfrewDùn Breatann · DumbartonPeairt · Perth
Sources
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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