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Meall nan Ruadhag

hill or mountain · Highland · 276m

GaelicAI-generated

This name means 'hill of the redstarts' or 'hill of the foxes'. 'Meall' is hill, and 'Ruadhag' can refer to a redstart bird or a fox.

Word origins

Meall
Gaelichill(from màel "bare hill")
nan
Gaelicof the(from an "the (plural)")
Ruadhag
Gaelicredstart / fox(from ruadh "red", -ag "suffix")