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Càrn an Sgoltaidh

hill or mountain · Highland · 520m

GaelicAI-generated

This name describes a hill or mountain. It combines 'càrn' (heap of stones, rocky hill) with 'an sgoltaidh' meaning 'the splitting' or 'the cleaving'.

Word origins

Càrn
Gaelicheap of stones, rocky hill(from carn "heap of stones, cairn")
an sgoltaidh
Gaelicthe splitting, the cleaving(from an "the", sgoltaidh "splitting, cleaving")