Strachan

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Strachan

/stɹɔːn/ UK
/stɹɔn/ US
/stɹɑn/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɔːn

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The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”) + eachan (“foal”). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), a personal name from sruith (“sage elder”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

proper noun Strachans · Strahan

countable, uncountable A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).
countable, uncountable A surname.

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"Strachan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/strachan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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

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@misc{strachan_2026,
  title = {Strachan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/strachan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}