kirkyard

English

Etymology

From kirk +‎ yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård.

Pronunciation

• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɹkjaɹd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəːkjɑːd/

Noun

kirkyard (plural kirkyards)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 60:

     It stands in the kirkyard only six miles from the battle site […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cemetery.