Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish place-names).
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CLACHNACUDDIN. Also -en; ¶Clachna Cuttin (Inv. 1768 C. F. Mackintosh Antiq. Notes (1913) 222). A soubriquet of Inverness (Inv. 1825 Jam., 1840 J. Noble Misc. Inv. (1902) 188, 1904 H. Foulis Erchie 111). One of Inverness's football teams is so-called. Clach-na-cudainn (Gael. “the stone of the tubs”) is a large stone on which the townswomen rested their water tubs on their way from the River Ness, now built into the Market Cross and looked on as a kind of badge of the town. [klɑxnɑ′kudn]
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