# Balmoral

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bælˈmɒɹəl/ · frequency rank #45,217

## Definitions
1. A castle and associated estate in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, that is a private residence of the British sovereign (OS grid ref NO2595).
2. A suburb of Galashiels, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4836).

## Etymology
Castle name first appears in writing as Bouchmorale in 1451. Formed from a combination of Old Irish both (“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”) and an uncertain second element. The second element may be Pictish, equivalent to Welsh mawr (“large”) + Welsh iâl (“pastureland”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`ablmoral`, `ballmoral`, `balmmoral`, `balmoarl`, `balmorall`, `balmorla`, `balmorral`, `balmroal`, `balomral`, `bamloral`, `bbalmoral`, `blamoral`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/balmoral