Hill of Balgair
hill or mountain · Stirling
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name is likely Gaelic, possibly meaning 'place of the slope' or 'place of the pasture'. 'Bal' means 'place' or 'townland', and 'gair' might relate to a slope or grazing land.
Word origins
- Bal
- GaelicAttestedplace/townland(from baile "townland/place")
- gair
- GaelicAttestedslope/pasture(from geàrr "short", gàrradh "enclosure/garden")