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Dalry en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /dælˈɹaɪ/

Meanings

  1. A small town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2949)
  2. An inner city area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of St John's Town of Dalry: a village north-west of New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX6281).
    • St John was the patron saint of the Knights Hospitallers - the medieval religious order - who once owned the land on which Dalry lies. Because of this, the full name of the village is St John's Town of Dalry. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 142: