Clackmannan

Meaning

Proper Noun

• town council area, Clackmannanshire Scotland (constituent country), which was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire until 1822 .
• local government district Central Region (region) Scotland (constituent country), created in 1975 when the county of Clackmannanshire was abolished, and renamed Clackmannanshire again in 1996 when it became a council area.

Origin

• Derived from Scottish Gaelic siorrachd chlach Mhannainn. For the second element see cloch. The last element is from Celtic, but of unknown meaning; see Manau.