Beinn nan Oighrean
hill or mountain · Highland · 538m
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This is a hill name meaning 'Hill of the Grey Ones'. It likely refers to spirits or possibly grey-coloured rocks or vegetation.
Word origins
- Beinn
- GaelicAttestedmountain, hill(from beinn "mountain, hill")
- nan
- GaelicAttestedof the(from nan "of the")
- Oighrean
- GaelicAttestedgrey ones(from oighre "grey")