Beinn a' Chroin
hill or mountain · Stirling · 941m
Munro
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name refers to a mountain with a stony or rocky summit. 'Beinn' means mountain, 'a' is a possessive particle, and 'chroin' derives from 'cloch' meaning stone.
Word origins
- Beinn
- GaelicAttestedmountain(from beinn "mountain")
- a
- GaelicAttestedof the(from a "of the")
- Chroin
- Gaelicstony, rocky(from cloch "stone")
Historical forms
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