Gullane

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic gualann (“shoulder”); the pronunciation with /ʌ/ is historically a spelling pronunciation, but is now the usual local pronunciation.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʌlɪn/, /ˈɡʌlən/
  • (affected) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪlɪn/, /ˈɡɪlən/

Proper noun

Gullane

  1. A coastal village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4882).

References

  1. ^ A. J. Aitken (1972) “Gaelic, Scots and Gullane”, in Caroline Macafee, editor, Collected Writings on the Scots Language, published 2015.
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