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Carn Dubh

hill or mountain · Highland · 766m

GaelicAI-generated

This refers to a dark hill or cairn. 'Carn' means cairn or rocky hill, and 'dubh' is the Gaelic word for dark or black.

Word origins

Carn
Gaeliccairn, rocky hill(from carn "cairn, heap of stones")
Dubh
Gaelicdark, black(from dubh "dark, black")