Clackmannan

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Etymology

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Derived from Scottish Gaelic siorrachd chlach Mhannainn (county with the stone of Manau). For the second element see cloch (stone). The last element is from Celtic, but of unknown meaning; see Manau.

Proper noun

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Clackmannan

  1. A town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire until 1822 (OS grid ref NS9192).
  2. A local government district of the Central Region, Scotland, created in 1975 when the county of Clackmannanshire was abolished, and renamed Clackmannanshire again in 1996 when it became a council area.

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