Buchan

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Scottish place name Scottish surname place name surname toponymic surname

Buchan is a Scottish surname and place name, often associated with the historic region of Buchan in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish place name ⓘ Scottish surname ⓘ place name ⓘ surname ⓘ toponymic surname ⓘ
adjacentToBodyOfWater	North Sea ⓘ
associatedWith	Clan Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish nobility ⓘ
containsFeature	Buchan Ness ⓘ Buchan Ness Lighthouse ⓘ Buchan coast ONNED1 ⓘ
containsSettlement	Crimond NERFINISHED ⓘ Fraserburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Maud ⓘ Mintlaw ⓘ New Deer ⓘ Peterhead NERFINISHED ⓘ St Fergus ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
etymologyStatus	uncertain ⓘ
hasBorderWith	Banff and Buchan coast ⓘ Formartine ⓘ
hasPart	Fraserburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Peterhead ONNED1 ⓘ
hasTitle	Earl of Buchan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mormaer of Buchan ⓘ
hasVariant	Buchanan ⓘ
historicallyMentionedIn	medieval Scottish records ⓘ
historicallyPartOf	Pictland ⓘ surface form: Pictish territories
historicalRegionOf	Aberdeenshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	agriculture ⓘ coastal landscapes ⓘ fishing industry ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn	Aberdeenshire ⓘ northeast Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter	historic region of Buchan ⓘ
partOf	Grampian region ONNED1 ⓘ historic county of Aberdeenshire ⓘ
placeNameCategory	Scottish toponyms ⓘ
regionType	earldom ⓘ historic province ⓘ
surnameCategory	Scottish surnames ⓘ
usedAs	family name ⓘ geographical designation ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buchanan → hasVariant → Buchan ⓘ

Saint Drostan → associatedWith → Buchan ⓘ

Aberdeenshire Council → operatesIn → Buchan ⓘ

Peterhead → locatedInRegion → Buchan ⓘ

Formartine area → borderedBy → Buchan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buchan area

Slains Castle → region → Buchan ⓘ

Fraserburgh → locatedIn → Buchan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buchan area

Aberdeenshire Council area → hasHistoricRegion → Buchan ⓘ

historic county of Aberdeenshire → contains → Buchan ⓘ

Grampian → contains → Buchan ⓘ

Earls of Buchan → namedAfter → Buchan ⓘ

Earls of Buchan → feudalJurisdictionOver → Buchan ⓘ

Earl of Buchan → associatedWith → Buchan ⓘ

Earl of Buchan → historicRegion → Buchan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buchan, Aberdeenshire