Milngavie

Milngavie, (pronounced "Mill–Guy" or "Mull–Guy"), is a dormitory suburb on the northwestern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies approximately seven miles northwest of Glasgow city centre in East Dunbartonshire and marks the start of the West Highland Way.

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Milngavie is a commuter suburb, with many of its working population travelling to Glasgow to work or study. The town is served by a station on the North Clyde Line of the SPT rail network, which links it to Central Glasgow. The town is also a very popular retirement location, with an unusually high proportion of senior citizens.

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The apparent mismatch between the town's written and pronounced names stems from how the name Milngavie was originally translated from Gaelic into English. The Gaelic name for the town is Muillean Dhaibhidh, pronounced "Moolin Ghuh-ee", meaning David's Mill. The Gaelic letter combination "bh" is usually transliterated as a "v" in English, hence Milngavie, despite sometimes being pronounced more like a "w", as in this case.

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