clachan

From Scottish Gaelic clachan.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklaxn̩/, /ˈklakn̩/

clachan (plural clachans)

1. (Scotland) A small village or hamlet, especially in the Highlands or Western Scotland.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:

     ‘Now, Penpunt, you may tell me all that passed between you and the wives of the clachan.’

   • 1918, John Buchan, “The Rime of True Thomas: The Tale of the Respectable Whaup and the Great Godly Man”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, US edition, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 239:

     But if you looked south in the dusty forenoon or at hot midday, you saw the far-off glimmer of a white road, the roofs of the ugly little clachan of Kilmaclavers, and the rigging of the fine new kirk of Threepdaidle.

• chancla

From Scottish Gaelic clachan.

• IPA^(key): /klaxən/

clachan (plural clachans)

1. hamlet or village generally containing a church, a small cluster of cottages.

clachan m (genitive and plural clachain)

1. plural of clach
2. hamlet, village
3. cottage, hut
4. causeway
5. churchyard