Creag Uire
cliff or slope · Highland
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a cliff or slope with a 'wire' or 'edge'. 'Creag' means cliff or rocky outcrop, and 'uire' is likely related to 'iomair' meaning ridge or edge, or possibly 'uair' meaning time/occasion.
Word origins
- Creag
- GaelicAttestedcliff, rocky outcrop(from creag "rock")
- Uire
- GaelicAttestedridge, edge, or occasion(from iomair "ridge", uair "time, occasion")