Locations in South Africa with a Scottish name

This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of South Africa by Scottish emigrants or explorers. == Eastern Cape == Aberdeen Albany, South Africa (named after Albany, New York, in turn from the Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba) Cathcart (George Cathcart) Grahamstown (John Graham (British Army officer)) == KwaZulu-Natal (native) == Balgowan Dundee Glencoe Scottburgh Kelso, Kwazulu, South Africa == Gauteng == Suburbs of Johannesburg [1] Abbotsford Argyll Atholl Balmoral Birnam Blairgowrie Brushwood Haugh (Haugh being a Lowland Scots word for meadow) Buccleuch Craighall Douglasdale Dunkeld Dunnotar Dunvegan Glen Atholl Glen Esk Heriotdale Kelvin Melrose Melville Moffat View Morningside Morningside Manor Strathavon Towns on the East Rand Germiston Wattville == Mpumalanga == Balfour (formerly "McHattiesburg") == North West Province == Orkney == Northern Cape == Alexander Bay (James Edward Alexander) Campbell Sutherland == Western Cape == Arniston (Arniston, Midlothian) Clanwilliam Elgin Gordon's Bay McGregor Napier Pringle Bay Robertson (Rev William Robertson) Suburbs of Cape Town [2] Airlie Balvenie Bellville (after Charles Davidson Bell, Surveyor-General of the Cape from 1848 to 1872) Bonnie Brook (Burn is the normal form in Scotland) Brackenfell Clunie Crawford Crofters' Valley Dunoon Dunrobin Glencairn Lochiel Schotsche Kloof - Afrikaans for "Scottish Ravine".

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Locations in South Africa with a Scottish name

This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of South Africa by Scottish emigrants or explorers. == Eastern Cape == Aberdeen Albany, South Africa (named after Albany, New York, in turn from the Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba) Cathcart (George Cathcart) Grahamstown (John Graham (British Army officer)) == KwaZulu-Natal (native) == Balgowan Dundee Glencoe Scottburgh Kelso, Kwazulu, South Africa == Gauteng == Suburbs of Johannesburg [1] Abbotsford Argyll Atholl Balmoral Birnam Blairgowrie Brushwood Haugh (Haugh being a Lowland Scots word for meadow) Buccleuch Craighall Douglasdale Dunkeld Dunnotar Dunvegan Glen Atholl Glen Esk Heriotdale Kelvin Melrose Melville Moffat View Morningside Morningside Manor Strathavon Towns on the East Rand Germiston Wattville == Mpumalanga == Balfour (formerly "McHattiesburg") == North West Province == Orkney == Northern Cape == Alexander Bay (James Edward Alexander) Campbell Sutherland == Western Cape == Arniston (Arniston, Midlothian) Clanwilliam Elgin Gordon's Bay McGregor Napier Pringle Bay Robertson (Rev William Robertson) Suburbs of Cape Town [2] Airlie Balvenie Bellville (after Charles Davidson Bell, Surveyor-General of the Cape from 1848 to 1872) Bonnie Brook (Burn is the normal form in Scotland) Brackenfell Clunie Crawford Crofters' Valley Dunoon Dunrobin Glencairn Lochiel Schotsche Kloof - Afrikaans for "Scottish Ravine".

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