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What Are Scottish Rivers Called?

A “burn”, Scots Gaelic: “allt” (anglicised as “Ault/alt”), used for smaller rivers and larger streams, also once widely used in England, now mostly in placenames especially the north, and sometimes spelled “bourne”, e.g. Bournemouth and Ashbourne. In Scotland examples include Coalburn, Bannockburn, Aultmore. What do Scots call a river? Glais (Archaic Gaelic) River [glash] Uisge …

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