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Mac Ruaidhrí
The Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic surname Mac Ruaidhrí means "son of ''Ruaidhrí''".#H2, Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 1777. The personal name ''Ruaidhrí'' is composed of two elements: the first is ''ruadh'', meaning "red"; the second is ''rí'', meaning "king". Surnames which are in some cases derived from ''Mac Ruaidhrí'' include: ''Creery, Creary'',#H1, Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 610. ''McCreary'',#H2, Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 1755. ''McCrery'', ''McCrorey'',#H2, Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 1756. ''McCrorie'', ''McCrory (surname), McCrory'', ''McGroary'', ''McGrory'', ''McRorie'',#H2, Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 1806. ''McRory'', ''McRury'', ''Roger'', ''Rogers (surname), Rogers'', ''Rorie'',#H3, Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016c) p. 2281. ''Rorison'', and ''Rory''. A variant of ''Mac Ruaidhrí'' is ''Mac Ruidhrí''. Surnames which are in some cases derived from ''Mac Ruidhrí'' include: ''Creary'', ''McCrary (surname), McCrary'', ''McCreary'', ''McCre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongside both Irish language, Irish and Manx language, Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a Classical Gaelic, common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 United Kingdom census#2011 Census for Scotland, 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population, three years and older) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
