Loch nan Cnaimhean
lake or loch · Highland
GaelicAI-generated
This name refers to a loch of bones. 'Loch' means a lake or sea inlet, 'nan' is the genitive plural of the definite article 'the', and 'cnaimhean' means 'bones'.
Word origins
- Loch
- Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")
- nan
- Gaelicof the(from an "the (genitive plural)")
- cnaimhean
- Gaelicbones(from cnamh "bone")