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Càrn Àirigh an Easain

hill or mountain · Highland · 348m

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a hill or mountain. 'Càrn' means a heap of stones or a conical hill, 'Àirigh' means a shieling or summer pasture hut, and 'easain' is the genitive plural of 'eas', meaning waterfall. It likely refers to a hill with a shieling near a waterfall.

Word origins

Càrn
Gaelicheap of stones, conical hill(from carn "heap of stones, conical hill")
Àirigh
Gaelicshieling, summer pasture hut(from àirigh "shieling, summer pasture hut")
an Easain
Gaelicof the waterfalls(from eas "waterfall")