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Càrn a' Mheallain Odhair

hill or mountain · Highland · 550m

GaelicAI-generated

This name describes a cairn, likely named after a greyish or dun-coloured hill. 'Càrn' means hill or cairn, 'a' is a possessive article, 'Mheallain' refers to a small hill or knoll, and 'odhair' means dun or greyish.

Word origins

Càrn
Gaelichill, cairn(from carn "heap of stones, cairn")
a'
Gaelicof the
Mheallain
Gaelicsmall hill, knoll(from meallan "small hill, knoll")
Odhair
Gaelicdun, greyish(from odhar "dun, greyish")