Strathclyde

(străth'klīd`) [Gaelic,=Clyde valley], one of several early medieval Celtic or Welsh kingdoms in present-day S Scotland and N England. Strathclyde was in SW Scotland. To the east was the kingdom of Manaw Gododdin and to the south, Rheged. Little is known of the history of Strathclyde and the other Welsh (Cumbrian) kingdoms. The origin of Strathclyde is uncertain, but there is evidence that the kingdom had been consolidated by the middle of the 5th cent. In 945, King Edmund of Wessex defeated Strathclyde and awarded it to King Malcolm of Scotland; however, Scotland did not permanently absorb the kingdom until the 11th cent. The reason for the disappearance of the ancient British language and culture in the kingdoms is not definitely known. DumbartonDumbarton
, town (1991 pop. 23,550), West Dunbartonshire, W Scotland, at the confluence of the Leven and Clyde rivers. It is a shipbuilding center (the Cutty Sark was fitted out there) and has engineering works. Whisky (distilling and blending) is a major industry.
..... Click the link for more information. was the principal town in Strathclyde.

Bibliography

See J. Rhys, Celtic Britain (1882); P. H. Blair, An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England (1962); F. M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (3d ed. 1971).

单词	strathclyde
释义	Strathclyde Strath•clyde (stræθˈklaɪd) n. a region in SW Scotland. 2,504,909; 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km). Strathclyde Strathclyde (străth'klīd`) [Gaelic,=Clyde valley], one of several early medieval Celtic or Welsh kingdoms in present-day S Scotland and N England. Strathclyde was in SW Scotland. To the east was the kingdom of Manaw Gododdin and to the south, Rheged. Little is known of the history of Strathclyde and the other Welsh (Cumbrian) kingdoms. The origin of Strathclyde is uncertain, but there is evidence that the kingdom had been consolidated by the middle of the 5th cent. In 945, King Edmund of Wessex defeated Strathclyde and awarded it to King Malcolm of Scotland; however, Scotland did not permanently absorb the kingdom until the 11th cent. The reason for the disappearance of the ancient British language and culture in the kingdoms is not definitely known. DumbartonDumbarton , town (1991 pop. 23,550), West Dunbartonshire, W Scotland, at the confluence of the Leven and Clyde rivers. It is a shipbuilding center (the Cutty Sark was fitted out there) and has engineering works. Whisky (distilling and blending) is a major industry. ..... Click the link for more information. was the principal town in Strathclyde. Bibliography See J. Rhys, Celtic Britain (1882); P. H. Blair, An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England (1962); F. M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (3d ed. 1971).
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