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Cruach na Casaich

hill or mountain · Argyll and Bute · 188m

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a mountain associated with a hairy or shaggy person or animal. 'Cruach' means a rounded hill or mountain, and 'na casaich' means 'of the hairy one'.

Word origins

Cruach
Gaelicrounded hill, mountain(from cruach "heap, pile, stack; rounded hill")
na
Gaelicof the(from na "of the (feminine singular definite article)")
Casaich
Gaelicof the hairy one(from casach "hairy, shaggy")