Lochan Meall na h-Airigh
lake or loch · Highland
GaelicAI-generated
This name refers to a small loch near a hill or knoll that is associated with a shieling or summer pasture hut. It combines the Gaelic words for 'loch', 'hill/knoll', and 'shieling'.
Word origins
- Lochan
- Gaelicsmall loch(from lochán "diminutive of loch")
- Meall
- Gaelichill, knoll(from mèall "rounded hill")
- na h-Airigh
- Gaelicof the shieling(from na h-aigre "genitive of an aighre", aighre "shieling, summer pasture hut")