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Braehead

hamlet · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

Braehead means 'the head of the slope' or 'the top of the hillside' in Scottish Gaelic.

Word origins

Brae
Gaelicside of a hill, slope(from bràigh "upper part of a glen, hillside")
head
Gaelichead, top(from ceann "head, top")