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Scottish Placenames

Dunedin, Florida (left) was founded in 1882 by two Scottish merchants, J.O. Douglas and James Somerville and is named after Dùn Èideann, Scottish Gaelic for "Edinburgh" (right).

Some Scottish placenames in USA include:

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• California
  • Ben Lomond
  • Bonny Doon
  • Inverness
  • Irvine named for the historic Irvine Ranch and Irvine Subdivision of Orange County, California.
• Colorado
  • Montrose
• Connecticut
  • Scotland
• Delaware
  • Glasgow
  • Perth
  • Red Lion
• Florida
  • Dundee
  • Dunedin, from Dùn Èideann, Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh
  • Inverness
• Indiana
  • Perth
• Maine
  • Argyle
• Maryland
  • Aberdeen
  • Glenelg
  • Glencoe
  • Lochearn
  • Lothian
  • Midlothian
  • Muirkirk

• Massachusetts
  • Melrose
• New Jersey
  • Perth Amboy (half Scottish, half Lenape)
• New York
  • Albany
  • Dundee
  • Perth
• North Carolina
  • Highlands
  • Roxboro - A variant spelling of Roxburgh
• North Dakota
  • Perth
  • Perth Township
• Oklahoma
  • Guthrie
• South Carolina
  • Lake Murray
• Texas
  • Argyle - A variant spelling of Argyll
  • Dallas
  • Edinburg - A variant spelling of Edinburgh
  • Houston - Houston suburbs include Montrose
  • Midlothian
• Utah
  • Argyle (now a ghost town)
  • Ben Lomond
  • Logan
• Virginia
  • Dumfries
  • Gretna
  • Glasgow
  • Hamilton
  • Kilmarnock
  • McDowell
  • Midlothian
  • Rutherglen
• Washington state
  • Aberdeen
• Wisconsin
  • Dunbar