Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg
hill or mountain · Highland · 1021m
MunroMarilyn
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Stob Dearg is a mountain peak, meaning 'red peak' or 'bloody peak'. Buachaille Etive Mor refers to the 'great herdsman of Etive'.
Word origins
- Stob
- GaelicAttestedpeak(from stob "peak, pointed hill")
- Dearg
- GaelicAttestedred(from dearg "red")
- Buachaille
- GaelicAttestedherdsman(from buachaille "herdsman")
- Etive
- Gaelicof Etive(from etive "of Etive")
- Mor
- Gaelicgreat(from mòr "great")
Historical forms
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