kirkyard

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kirkyard

/ˈkɪɹkjaɹd/ Scotland
/ˈkəːkjɑːd/ UK

Rhymes with -əː(ɹ)kjɑː(ɹ)d

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From kirk + yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård.

noun kirkyards

Scotland A churchyard, especially one in Scotland. The chapel reappears, however, along with the surrounding kirkyard, in 1593.

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@misc{kirkyard_2026,
  title = {kirkyard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kirkyard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}