Balgowan, Dundee

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Balgowan
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Balgowan
Location within Dundee City council area
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Balgowan
Location within Scotland
OS grid reference NO386343
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DUNDEE
Postcode district DD3
Dialling code 01382
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56°29′48″N2°59′56″W / 56.496759°N 2.998905°W / 56.496759; -2.998905

Balgowan is an area of Dundee, Scotland. The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Ghobhainn, meaning "blacksmith's stead" [1] (cf also Govan in Glasgow from the same Celtic root).

Notes

  1. Nicolaisen, W.F.H. Scottish Place Names , pp139