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Word: Clan
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic clann ‘offspring, family’, from Old Irish cland, from Latin planta ‘sprout’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
klan
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands
Short Definition:close-knit group of interrelated families
Examples:- the clan Macleod
- civil strife has followed as rival clans jockey for power
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