Buchan

English

Etymology

Possibly from Pictish.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bʌxən/

Proper noun

Buchan

  1. An administrative district in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.
    • 1956 January, H. A. Vallance, “Northwards from Aberdeen”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:
      North-Eastern Aberdeenshire is divided into the districts of Formartine and Buchan.
  2. A town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
  3. A river in eastern Victoria, Australia; in full, the Buchan River.
  4. A Scottish surname and clan (Clan Buchan).
  5. A Scottish earldom.

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