Cairn Gorm
hill or mountain · Highland/Moray · 1245m
Munro
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name means 'blue cairn' in Gaelic. 'Carn' means cairn, and 'gorm' means blue. It likely refers to the colour of the rocks or the sky above the cairn.
Word origins
- Cairn
- Gaeliccairn(from carn "cairn")
- Gorm
- GaelicAttestedblue(from gorm "blue")
Historical forms
[object Object]