# Grampians

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #83,300

## Definitions
1. The Grampian Mountains, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands.
2. A region in western Victoria, Australia.
3. A locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
Antiquarian revival of Latin Graupius, with the modern spelling resulting from a 15th-century mapmaker's misprinting of u as m. Unknown exact etymology. Breeze (2002) argues that this represents a corrupt form of Proto-Brythonic *krib, from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“trench, furrow, boundary”).

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