Caerlaverock
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Caerlaverock (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx) is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The parish was historically in Dumfriesshire. The area includes:
- Caerlaverock Castle, a 13th-century castle, located Template:Convert south of Dumfries, Scotland
- Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve, a National Nature Reserve in the Solway Firth, south-west Scotland
- WWT Caerlaverock, a Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust nature reserve, located Template:Convert south of Dumfries, Scotland
EtymologyEdit
The name Caerlaverock is of Brittonic origin.<ref name="bliton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first part of the name is the element cajr meaning "an enclosed, defensible site", (Welsh caer, "fort, city").<ref name="bliton" /> The second part of the name may be the personal name Lïμarch (Welsh Llywarch),<ref name="bliton" /> or a lost stream-name formed from the adjective laβar, "talkative" (Welsh llafar, see Afon Llafar),<ref name="bliton" /> suffixed with –ǭg, "having the quality of",<ref name="bliton" /> or the adjectival suffix -īg.<ref name="bliton" /> The present form has been influenced by the Scots word laverock, "skylark".<ref name="bliton" />
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