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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish place-names).
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BAWBEL. Babel, from Genesis ix. 9 (Lth. 1811 G. Bruce Poems 143; Ags. a.1823 G. Beattie Poems (1882) 22, 26; Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxi.; Edb. 1874 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie 208). [′bɑ:bəl]

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