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Cruach an Fhearainn Duibh

hill or mountain · Highland · 218m

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a mountain associated with a dark or black land. The term 'cruach' indicates a rounded hill or mountain, and 'fearann dubh' means dark or black land.

Word origins

Cruach
Gaelicrounded hill, mountain(from cruach "heap, pile, stack; rounded hill")
an
Gaelicthe(from an "the (masculine singular definite article)")
Fhearainn Duibh
Gaelicof the dark land(from fearann "land, territory", dubh "black, dark")