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Culross (/ˈkurəs/) (Scottish Gaelic:
Cuileann Ros, 'holly
point or promontory') is a
village and
former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland. According...
- surname. The name is the
patronymic form of a
personal name
derived from
cuileann (translation from
Irish Gaelic: holly). The name has
become Anglicised...
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holly in
Celtic languages, such as
Welsh celyn,
Breton kelen(n) and
Irish cuileann.
Several Romance languages use the
Latin word acrifolium,
literally "sharp...
- also used as a
translation of the name Mac Cuilinn,
which is
derived from
cuileann, the
Gaelic name of the
holly tree, and by
extension sometimes of the similar-sounding...
-
names or surnames. One
notable exception is Ó Cuilleáin or O'Collins (from
cuileann, 'holly') as in the
holly tree,
considered one of the most
sacred objects...
- God and the King)
Profile Region Highlands District Argyll Plant badge Cuileann (Ilex aquifolium)
Holly Clan
MacInnes no
longer has a chief, and is an...
- Gullion".
PlaceNames NI.
Retrieved 20
December 2016. T.S. Ó Máille (1960) "
Cuileann in áitainmneacha", in 'Béaloideas',
Journal of the
Folklore of Ireland...
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taken its name from the
holly (
cuileann),
although an
Irish legend claimed that
Fionn Mac ****hail
killed a hero
named Cuileann, son of
Morna at this site...
- and from a ninth-century
reference to a
church of St Serf at
Culross (
Cuileann Ros) in a
Gaelic list of the
mothers of
various saints. The
original 13th-century...
- O'Cuilleain or Cuilliaéan is an
extremely ancient Irish name from
Gaelic cuileann and
primitive Gaelic cuilieann meaning Holly. In pre-Christian
Celtic culture...
