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kirkyard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkəːkjɑːd/ (UK)
• /ˈkɪɹkjaɹd/ (Scotland)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
   • It stands in the kirkyard only six miles from the battle site […] 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 60:
   • The chapel reappears, however, along with the surrounding kirkyard, in 1593. 1856, James Pagan, Glasgow, Past and Present, Vol.2, published 1884, page 471:

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