Lochan na Creige Araid
lake or loch · Highland
GaelicAI-generated
This name describes a small loch (lochan) by a rock (creag), with 'araid' likely referring to a place of refuge or shelter. Thus, it means 'loch of the rock of refuge'.
Word origins
- Lochan
- Gaelicsmall loch(from lochán "diminutive of loch")
- na
- Gaelicof the(from an "definite article")
- Creige
- Gaelicrock(from creag "rock")
- Araid
- Gaelicrefuge(from araid "refuge, shelter")