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Cluny¹

Where it comes from

From Latin Cluniacum, from Clunius.

proper noun

  1. A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.

Cluny²

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic, from cluain (“meadow”).

proper noun

  1. A parish south of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, the location of Cluny Castle (OS grid ref NJ6812).
  2. A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, north-west of Kirkcaldy (OS grid ref NT2495).
  3. A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the parish of Cluny in Scotland.

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"Cluny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cluny. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Cluny. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cluny

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"Cluny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cluny.

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@misc{cluny_2026,
  title = {Cluny},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cluny},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}