Falkirk

n. 福尔柯克（英国苏格兰中部城市）

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A town in Falkirk council area, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.

  2. 2.

    A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, and previously a local government district in Central Region (1975–1996).

词源

Inherited from Middle English Faukirke, from Old English fāg (“multicoloured”) + ċiriċe (“church”), a calque of Middle Irish Eiglesbrec (literally “speckled church”), probably ultimately from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) + Cumbric *vreith (“speckled”). The l is first attested in the 15th century, likely a hypercorrection by analogy with terms such as wall (Scots wa). Compare Medieval Latin Varia Capella (“Falkirk”).

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