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Loch na Meallaird

lake or loch · Na h-Eileanan an Iar

GaelicAI-generated

This name translates to 'Loch of the Little Hill' or 'Loch of the Small Rounded Top'. 'Meallaird' is likely a diminutive of 'meall' (hill, rounded top).

Word origins

Loch
Gaeliclake(from loch "lake")
na
Gaelicof the(from an "the (genitive singular masculine)")
Meallaird
Gaeliclittle hill, small rounded top(from meall "hill, rounded top", -ard "diminutive suffix")