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strath

  [strath; Scot. strahth]
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–noun Scot.
a wide valley.
Origin:
1530–40; < Ir, ScotGael srath; akin to stratum
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strath   (strāth)   
n.   Scots
A wide, flat river valley.

[Scottish Gaelic srath, from Old Irish; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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strath 
"wide river valley between hills," 1540, from Scottish, from O.Ir. srath "wide river valley," from O.Celt. *s(t)rato-, from PIE base *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure).
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