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Cruach na Gearr-choise

hill or mountain · Argyll and Bute · 571m

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a mountain associated with a short leg or foot. 'Cruach' means a rounded hill or mountain, and 'na gearr-choise' means 'of the short leg'.

Word origins

Cruach
Gaelicrounded hill, mountain(from cruach "heap, pile, stack; rounded hill")
na
Gaelicof the(from na "of the (feminine singular definite article)")
Gearr-choise
Gaelicof the short leg(from gearr "short", coise "of the foot/leg")