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Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch (; (スコットランド・ゲール語:Cair Cheann Tulaich))〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba/Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scottish Parliament: Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir )〕 is a town and former royal burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about northeast of central Glasgow. The town is the administrative centre of the East Dunbartonshire council area, and its population in 2009 was estimated at 19,700.
==Toponymy==
"Kirkintilloch" comes from the Gaelic ''Cair Ceann Tulaich'' or ''Cathair Cheann Tulaich'', meaning "fort at the end of the hill". This, in turn, may come from a Cumbric name, ''Caer-pen-taloch'', which has the same meaning. A possible reference to the site is made in the 9th century Welsh text Historia Brittonum, in which the Antonine Wall is said to end at 'Caerpentaloch'. The fort referred to is the former Roman settlement on the wall and the hillock is the volcanic drumlin which would have offered a strategic viewpoint for miles to the West, North and East. The etymology is sometimes taken literally as ''"Kirk in tilloch"'' ("church in the field"). Its long name is often shortened by locals to the colloquial ''Kirkie'' or ''Kirky'', as reflected in a number of business names in the town.
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