Aberchirder
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Aberchirder (pronounced ‘Aberhirder’; , ), known locally as Foggieloan or Foggie, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the A97 road six miles west of Turriff.
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- Locality
- Aberchirder
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,250
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Aberchirder
- UK place.local_name
- Foggie
- UK place.scots_name
- Foggieloan/Aberchirder
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Obar Chiardair
- UK place.static_image_name
- Aberchirder Square - geograph.org.uk - 706357.jpg
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NJ624522
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Banffshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Banffshire and Buchan Coast
- UK place.post_town
- HUNTLY
- UK place.postcode_district
- AB54
- UK place.postcode_area
- AB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01466
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Welcome to Foggieloan - Aberchirder - Foggieloan
Foggieloan – Aberchirder in the Northeast of Scotland. Discover more about the village and its culture, explore the area and visit the Virtual Museum.
foggieloan.co.uk →Link to the official site · 5,961 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Transport
- References
- External links
Aberchirder (pronounced ‘Aberhirder’; , ), known locally as Foggieloan or Foggie, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the A97 road six miles west of Turriff.
== Etymology == The name Aberchirder, recorded in as Aberkerdour means 'mouth of the Chirder'. It is formed from the Pictish word aber 'river mouth' and the stream-name Chirder which is itself formed from the Gaelic words ciar 'dark, brown' and dobhar 'water'. This stream name is probably an adaptation of an earlier Pictish name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aberchirder” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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