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Broad Cairn

hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire/Angus · 997m

Munro
Old NorseAI-generated

This name describes a wide cairn. The first element is Old Norse for 'broad', and the second is a loanword from Gaelic for a heap of stones.

Word origins

Broad
Old Norsewide(from breiðr "wide")
Cairn
Gaeliccairn, heap of stones(from carn "cairn, heap of stones")