Type
River
Area of origin
Scotland, N England
Area of use
Scotland, N England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
Related terms
A small river or larger stream. Burn is the Scottish and NE English version of the term bourne, and is also found in place names in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Etymology
Old English burna ‘brook’, ‘stream’. Cf. bourne
Example locations
- Blackburn
Lancashire - Bannockburn
Stirling, Scotland