an extensive valley, Anglicised _strath_; _e.g._ Strathmore and Strathbeg (the great and little valleys); Strathavon, Strathblan, Strathbogie, Strathconan, Strathearn (the valleys of the Rivers Avon, Blane, Bogie, Conan, and Earn); Strathyre, corrupt. from _Srathiar_ (the western valley, with reference to Strathearn, the eastern), in Perthshire; Strathclyde, Strathnaver, Strathspey, Strathallan, Strathpeffer, Strathbran, Strathgriffe (the valleys of the Rivers Clyde, Naver, Spey, Allan, Peffer, Bran, and Griffe); Strath Tary, in Sutherlandshire (the bull’s strath, _tairebb_); Strichen, in Aberdeenshire, corrupt. from _Srath-Ugie_ (the valley of the R. Ugie); Strathdon, corrupt. from _Srath-domhain_ (the valley of the deep river); Ystrad-Tywy (the valley of the R. Tywy), in Wales; Ystrad-yw (yew-tree valley or the valley of the brook Ywen); Yester, a parish in East Lothian, from _Ystrad_; Ystrad-fflur (the flowery valley), called by the Romans _Strata-Florida_; Ystrad-gwnlais (the valley of the trench, _clais_, through which a stream flows); Straiton, in Ayrshire (the town on the Strath); Traquhair (sheep valley). [Sidenote: SRON (Gadhelic), TRWYN (Cym.-Cel.),] a nose, hence a promontory; _e.g._ Stronaba (the cow’s promontory); Stronaclacher (the stony promontory); Stronechrigen (the rocky point); Stronfearn (the point of the alders); Strondeas (the southern point); Strontian (the little promontory); Sorn, in Ayrshire, named from an ancient castle situated on a rocky headland; Troon (the promontory), on the Ayrshire coast; Sroan-keeragh (the sheep’s promontory); Shrone-beha (birch-tree promontory), in Ireland; Duntroon Castle (the fortress on the promontory), in Argyleshire; Turnberry Head, in Ayrshire, from _trwyn_; also Trwyn Point, in Ayrshire; Au-tron (on the point), in Cornwall; Trwyn-y-Badan (the promontory of the boats), in Wales. [Sidenote: SRUTH, SRUTHAIR (Gadhelic), SROTA (Sansc.),] a river or flowing water; _sru_, Sansc., to flow--cognate with _stroum_, Teut., _struja_, Sclav.; _e.g._ Srue, Sruh, Shrough, Sroughan (the stream), in Ireland; also Abbeyshrule (the abbey on the stream); Bealnashrura (the ford-mouth of the stream); Sroolane, Srooleen, Sruffan, and Sruffaun (little stream); Killeenatruan, anc. _Cillin-a-tsruthain_ (the little church of the stream); Anstruther in Fife, and Westruther in Berwickshire, probably from the same root; but Strowan, in Perthshire, is named for St. Rowan; Ardstraw, in Tyrone, is a corrupt. of _Ard-sratha_ (the height near the bank of the stream). [Sidenote: STACKR (Scand.), STUAIC (Gadhelic),] a projecting rock or point; _e.g._ the Stack Rocks and South Stack, on the coast of Wales; the Stags, on the Irish coast; Stack Island, Wales; and St. Bude’s Stack. In Ireland this word is generally Anglicised into _stook_; thus--the Stookans (the little rock pinnacles), near the entrance of the Giant’s Causeway; Stookan and Stookeen (the little rock).