Broad Cairn
hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire/Angus · 997m
Munro
Old NorseSurmised
Suggested4 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name describes a wide cairn. The first element is Old Norse for 'broad', and the second is a loanword from Gaelic for a heap of stones.
Word origins
- Broad
- Old Norsewide(from breiðr "wide")
- Cairn
- Gaeliccairn, heap of stones(from carn "cairn, heap of stones")
Historical forms
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