- Strath
"For Strathcona, see
Strathcona ."A strath is a large
valley , typically a river valley that is wide and shallow (as opposed to aglen which is typically narrower and deep).An anglicisation of the Gaelic word "srath", it is one of many that are have been absorbed into common use in the English language. It is commonly used in the
Scottish Highlands to describe a wide valley, even by non-Gaelic speakers. Historically however, it has had a wider range, for exampleNithsdale in the far south was originally "Stranit".It occurs in numerous Scottish place names (such as Strathspey and
Strathclyde ), Strath-Taieri inNew Zealand ,Strathfield , a suburb of Sydney, Australia, andStrathmore, Alberta inCanada .It also occurs in the names of four
P&O liners that brought thousands of migrants toAustralia between the 1950s and the 1950s: the "Strathhaird", the "Strathnaver", the "Stratheden" and the "Strathmore". The ships also acted as troop carriers during WW2.ee also
Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway
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