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Loch Alltain Duibh

lake or loch · Highland

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a loch with a dark stream. 'Alltain' is a diminutive of 'allt' (stream), and 'dubh' means dark or black.

Word origins

Loch
Gaeliclake
Alltain Duibh
Gaelicof the dark streamlet(from altan dubh "dark streamlet", altan "streamlet", dubh "dark, black")