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Paisley

Name: Paisley
Address: GB

55.8456°N -4.4239°W · Q211870

One English word in this atlas traces back to Paisley. It sits in United Kingdom.

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paisleynoun · 19th century

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The pattern is from Kashmir. The English name is a Scottish mill town.

The curved motif is an import from Iranian and Kashmiri design. English named it for Paisley in Scotland, where mills copied and sold the shawls in huge numbers.

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