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Airyolland Loch

lake or loch · Dumfries and Galloway

Old NorseAI-generated

Airyolland Loch may derive from Old Norse 'eir', meaning 'copper' or 'ore', and 'land', meaning 'land'. Alternatively, 'Airy' could be from 'eiríkr' (a personal name) or 'eir' (peace). 'Loch' is Gaelic for lake.

Word origins

Airyolland
Old NorsePossibly 'copper land' or 'peace land'(from eir "Copper, ore", land "Land")
Loch
GaelicLake, sea inlet