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Laird's Loup

cliff or slope · Dumfries and Galloway

ScotsAI-generated

This name likely refers to a leap or jump associated with a laird. 'Laird' is a Scottish term for a landowner, and 'loup' means leap or jump.

Word origins

Laird
Scotslandowner(from hlaford "lord")
loup
Scotsleap, jump(from hlēapan "to leap")