A former local government region in central and western Scotland, built around the River Clyde, with Glasgow as its centre. It existed from 1975 to 1996 and was very large — it held roughly half of Scotland's people — and in 1996 it was broken up into 12 separate councils.

A former local government region一個舊的地方行政區，in central and western Scotland位在蘇格蘭中西部，built around the River Clyde以Clyde河為中心建立，with Glasgow as its centre格拉斯哥是它的中心。It existed from 1975 to 1996它存在於1975年到1996年，and was very large而且範圍非常大——it held roughly half of Scotland's people它容納了蘇格蘭大約一半的人口——and in 1996 it was broken up into 12 separate councils到1996年被拆成12個獨立的議會區。

So when you meet the word in a modern text, it is usually either history, or one of the organisations that kept the old name: the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow is the best-known, and Strathclyde Police was the force there until 2013.

So when you meet the word in a modern text所以當你在現代的文章裡遇到這個字，it is usually either history通常不是在講歷史，or one of the organisations that kept the old name就是指還沿用這個舊名字的機構：the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow is the best-known最有名的是格拉斯哥的Strathclyde大學，and Strathclyde Police was the force there until 2013而Strathclyde警局則是當地的警力，一直用到2013年。

The name is much older than the 1975 region, though: in the early Middle Ages there was a British kingdom of Strathclyde in the same valley. Beginner learners rarely need this word except when reading about Scottish universities or Scottish history.

The name is much older than the 1975 region, though不過這個名字其實比1975年那個行政區古老得多：in the early Middle Ages在中世紀早期，there was a British kingdom of Strathclyde in the same valley同一個河谷裡曾經有一個叫Strathclyde的不列顛王國。Beginner learners rarely need this word初學者很少需要用到這個字，except when reading about Scottish universities or Scottish history除非在讀關於蘇格蘭大學或蘇格蘭歷史的內容。