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Loch of Ayre

lake or loch · Orkney Islands

Old NorseAI-generated

This name likely means 'the loch of the shore'. 'Ayre' is a Norse term for a shore or beach.

Word origins

Loch
Gaeliclake(from loch "lake")
of
Unknownof
Ayre
Old Norseshore, beach(from eyrr "gravel bank, shore")