Sark
专有名词
英 /sɑːk/
美 /sɑɹk/
英文释义
专有名词
- One of the Channel Islands; notable inter alia for its local government containing one of the last vestiges of feudalism in Europe.
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A minor river in Dumfries and Galloway council area and Cumbria, forming part of the border between Scotland and England, which flows into the tidal Esk at Gretna; in full, the River Sark.
— I have often been amused by travellers pointing out, first the Eden, just north of the station, and then the Esk, which young Lochinvar swam, as the Border; the real boundary is, of course, the little river Sark, just south of the Caledonian station at Gretna; […].
词源
Channel Island: Unknown, see Sercq and Wikipedia for more.
River between Scotland and England: Probably derived from Proto-Brythonic *serx, of uncertain meaning and etymology but associated with "circularity".
River between Scotland and England: Probably derived from Proto-Brythonic *serx, of uncertain meaning and etymology but associated with "circularity".
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