{{Short description|River in Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:River Braan at The Hermitage.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The River Braan at The Hermitage, Dunkeld]] The '''River Braan''' ({{langx|gd|Breamhainn}}) is a tributary of the River Tay in Scotland. Within the county of Perth and Kinross, it flows 11 miles (17 km) eastwards from Loch Freuchie, near Amulree, and joins the River Tay near Dunkeld.
== Etymology ==
The name ''Braan'' is likely of Pritenic origin and derived from ''*breμ-'', meaning "bellow, bray, roar" (Welsh ''brefu'').<ref name="bliton">{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Alan |title=A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url=http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |website=SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North |accessdate=25 November 2018 |archive-date=13 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> A similar etymological root underlies the names of the rivers Breamish in Northumberland, England, and the Brefi in Ceredigion, Wales.<ref name="bliton" />
== See also == *The Hermitage *Hermitage Bridge *Ossian's Hall of Mirrors *Black Linn Falls
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst3363.html Braan, River ] - Geo.ed.ac.uk
==External links== *[http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/braan.htm Guide to the River Braan] - ukriversguidebook.co.uk *[http://www.kayak3000.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=23473 SCA opposes Braan hydro proposals] *[http://www.fishingnet.com/river_braan.htm River Braan fishing beats] - Fishingnet.com
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