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Meall nan Rudhag

hill or mountain · Highland · 446m

GaelicAI-generated

This name means 'hill of the redstarts' or 'hill of the foxes'. 'Meall' is hill, and 'Rudhag' is a variant spelling or form related to 'ruadhag'.

Word origins

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