Great Sugar Loaf
hill or mountain · Wicklow · 501m
Marilyn
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Great Sugar Loaf is a descriptive name based on the mountain's shape resembling a sugar loaf. The origin of 'Sugar Loaf' itself is not definitively known but is likely descriptive rather than a specific language root.
Word origins
- Great
- Old Englishgreat(from grēat "great")
- Sugar Loaf
- Unknownshape resembling a loaf of sugar