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From Old Brittonic *kumba, meaning "valley". [4] [6] Frequently used as a place-name element in southwestern England. Probably Brittonic (OED1) local. crag. According to the OED 'apparently of Celtic origin: compare Irish and Gaelic creag, Manx creg, cregg, Welsh craig rock.
Lists of English words of Celtic origin. These lists of English words of Celtic origin include English words derived from Celtic origins. These are, for example, Common Brittonic, Gaulish, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, or other languages.
literally "stinking", from Scots "to ming". plaid. From Gaelic plaide or simply a development of ply, to fold, giving plied then plaid after the Scots pronunciation. pony. Borrowed from obsolete French poulenet (little foal) from Latin pullāmen. raid. scone. Probably from Dutch schoon. shinny.
TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe and BT Group, they first launched on 1 August 2013. The channels are based at Warner Bros. Discovery's complex in Chiswick Business Park, London, having been based at Here East, the former ...
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corrie. a cirque or mountain lake, of glacial origin. (OED) Irish or Scots Gaelic coire 'Cauldron, hollow'. craic. fun, used in Ireland for fun/enjoyment. The word is actually English in origin; it entered into Irish from the English "crack" via Ulster Scots. The Gaelicised spelling craic was then reborrowed into English.
Sidney Merlin (1856–1952), sports shooter; John Middleton (1910–1971), footballer; Colin Milburn (1941–1990), cricketer; Gordon Miller (born 1939), Olympic high jumper; Alan Minter (1951–2020), world champion boxer; Ivor Montagu (1904–1984), British national team and founder of the International Table Tennis Federation