Creag a' Ghaoirr
hill or mountain · Highland
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a rocky hill. It means 'the corrie of the shouting' or 'the corrie of the clamour', with 'gaoirr' meaning shouting or clamour.
Word origins
- Creag
- GaelicAttestedrock, rocky hill, crag(from creag "rock")
- a' Ghaoirr
- GaelicAttestedof the shouting(from a' "of the", gaoirr "shouting, clamour")