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balmoral

bal·mo·ral

UK/bælˈmɒɹəl/ US/baɫˈmɔɹɫ̩/ uncommon us

noun

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a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side

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Origin

Castle name first appears in writing as Bouchmorale in 1451. Formed from a combination of Old Irish both (“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”) and an uncertain second element. The second element may be Pictish, equivalent to Welsh mawr (“large”) + Welsh iâl (“pastureland”).

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