Eas nan Long
lake or loch · Highland
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This Gaelic name means 'stream of the ships' or 'waterfall of the ships'. 'Eas' means waterfall or stream, and 'nan long' means of the ships (plural of 'long', ship).
Word origins
- Eas
- GaelicAttestedwaterfall, stream(from eas "waterfall, stream")
- nan long
- GaelicAttestedof the ships(from nan "of the (plural)", long "ship")